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To: erakupa@kk.etx.ericsson.se (ETX-B-SL Martti Kuparinen)
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Subject: Re: Intel Express PRO/100 Full duplex (again) 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:43:25 +0200."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:24:48 -0700
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>I'm running FreeBSD-2.2.2.
>My Intel Express PRO/100 ethernet card is connected directly
>to a 10Mbit Full duplex card, SunFastEthernet.
>If I understand right the Intel card will auto negotiate and
>then configure itself to run 10Mbit Full duplex.
>But the result is 10 Mbit and HALF duplex.
>What to do?
>Can I turn off the auto negotiation and force the card to
>10 Mbit FULL duplex in a simple way?
>I don't want to write a new driver.....
>
>Hope someone has noticed the problem and also solved it!

   Both cards will need to be forced to full duplex. To set the Pro/100B to
10/full, use "ifconfig fxp0 link0 link2".

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project