some operational clues

From: Samuel Thomas <sthomas@noc.verio.net>
To: Randy Bush <rbush@bainbridge.verio.net>
Cc: John Heasley <jheasley@verio.net>, Grisha Trubetskoy <grisha@verio.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 06:22:28 +0000
Subject: Re: [Vienna FreeBSD] sluggish?
...
<quote>
It's not a duplex mismatch, that I know for sure.
</quote (not blame, experience tells me that "I know that for sure"
means "I should probably doublecheck it a second time :)>


From: Samuel Thomas <sthomas@noc.verio.net>
To: Grisha Trubetskoy <grisha@verio.net>
Cc: Randy Bush <rbush@bainbridge.verio.net>, John Heasley <jheasley@verio.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 12:45:27 +0000
Subject: Re: [Vienna FreeBSD] sluggish?

< Sorry - a switch as expensive as that PE thing - I coudn't imagine ports
< set to HD on it ;)

the extra cost only buys you *more* ways to break the network. the
standard ways found on less costly hardware all come standard.