From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 26 6:48:14 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [212.66.1.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB2937B718 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 06:48:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA49770; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:48:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:48:08 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200103261448.QAA49770@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipconfig: SIMPLEX or DUPLEX? In-Reply-To: <3ABF2969.CC0A184D@tpgi.com.au> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.1-RELEASE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG eirvine wrote: > This means the card really is in DUPLEX mode, but > ifconfig doesn't show it. Is that right? (Small nit: The card is always in duplex mode. The question is whether it's half-duplex or full-duplex.) It would be helpful if you just gave us the output of ``ifconfig fxp0'' from your box. I guess it looks something like this: fxp0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 inet **.**.**.** netmask 0x******** broadcast **.**.**.** ether **:**:**:**:**:** media: autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active supported media: autoselect 100baseTX 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP (There might be additional stuff if you enabled IPv6.) The interesting things are the bottom two lines. The last one enumerates the media modes that your card supports, and it should look exactly like the one above. The preceding line describes the currently active media. If you didn't change any of the defaults, _and_ if the media and duplex mode were detected correctly, then it should look like the one above, too. Notice the word ``'' there. If it isn't there, then the card is in half-duplex mode. See the ifconfig(8) and fxp(4) manpages for information about how to change that. The word "SIMPLEX" in the first line has got nothing to do with the media or media options of the interface. You can safely ignore it. Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message