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Posted by on February 5, 2006, 1:07 pm
Thanks,
I'm of the same thought, that it's just TCP/IP over ethernet so it
should be irrelevant, but that is not the reality. Having a degree in
Comp sci, and having worked as a unix sys admin, the fact that it
behaves differently really bothers me, and now I need to know why.
Let me clarify,
I'm assigned an IP address so DHCP is working.
I'm able to connect to the internet so TCP/IP is working.
I have latency under 50ms and no packet loss.
However I'm only getting 1/4 of the speed that I do with Windows.
I too suspected the apple computers.
But simply taking the powerbook next door to my neighbors worked fine
with their motorola.
I also hooked my RCA modem up over there just to confirm the issue
returned.
I bought my own Motorola and now things are fine.
It's pretty clear that it has something to do with the RCA modem.
Some of my guesses.
auto-sensing/auto-negotiating is unable to negotiate full duplex,
100Mbs for the link.
Poor MTU Discovery
Different TCP implementations causing more collisions and an increased
backoff for resend.
Something in the DOCSIS implementation?
Warren wrote:
> googlegroups-nospam4me@sneakemail.com wrote:
> >
> > Does
> > anyone here have a technical explanation on why the RCA DCM425C modem
> > work with Windows, but not with Apple? Is it not implementing
> > protocols properly?
> >
> > See this post for more details:
> > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15401401
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
> TCP/IP over Ethernet is TCP/IP over Ethernet. The operating system of a
> computer is irrelevant as long as TCP/IP is installed for the Ethernet
> adapter.
>
> When ever you switch computers connected to the modem, you need to
> disconnect the old computer, power-off the modem, then re-power the modem.
> Don't connect the new computer to the modem until the modem regains sync. If
> after that, it still doesn't work with a different computer, but it had been
> working with another computer, I would look toward the computer for a
> problem with the network adapter - for example, is DHCP enabled.
>
> --
> Warren H.
>
> ==========
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>
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