slow data transfer over nfs ... is it fedora?

[Harry Putnam]

"Marcel J.E. Mol" <marcel at mesa.nl> writes:

>> The "-HD" = Half duplex = kiss of death for speed.  This usually
>> indicates either a bad cable or an incorrectly configured network
>> box.  We'd had problems with DEC/Compaq AlphaStations in this regard.
>> The solution was generally to configure your network box and/or workstation
>> to 100baseT/Full and *don't* let it autonegotiate.
>
> As far as I know you get only HD when conected to a hub. When connected to
> a switch you should get FD.

Do you know any more about why that might be the case?