> Thanks, Peter, for the response.
> I have another question though...
>
> The same two computers connected via crossover cable;
> Computer B is printing to the shared printer which is physically
> connected to computer A...
> Now computer B wants to read the contents of a large file on A...
> Can A send B the data while B is sending the print data
> at the same time?   (Full Duplex)?
> Or will printing be interrupted while B receives the data from A?
> Or will A have to wait for print job to complete?
> The answer will help me to understand my original question about
> full duplex.

     On a network, rarely is something sent continuously such that no other
system will be able to get in a packet, so even if you were only half duplex
the print job would still wedge it's way in. Full duplex of course wouldn't
have to worry. Quite frankly, full duplex is a great idea that has rarely
ever worked well. On a two node system it may help from time to time, but on
a small LAN it is practically useless if there is alot of traffic. You'd get
a much larger increase in speed by going 100BaseT instead of getting full
duplex to cooperate. TTYL

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