Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:43:57 -0400 From: Javier Henderson <javier@kjsl.com> To: r17fbsd@xxiii.com Cc: Pang <freebsd@laws.ms>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching between half-duplex and full duplex Message-ID: <20070603134357748623.3304f32a@kjsl.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20070603114119.01dd8288@mailsvr.xxiii.com> References: <46629F7E.4040405@laws.ms> <6.2.3.4.2.20070603114119.01dd8288@mailsvr.xxiii.com>
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:46:15 -0400, r17fbsd@xxiii.com wrote: > At 07:01 AM 6/3/2007, you wrote: >> I have just installed FreeBSD and found that the nic em0 is set to >> half-duplex only. Could anyone tell me how I can switch it to >> full-duplex? >> media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>) > > You should be more concerned that it is only at 10Mb. I'm not sure > if the old 10bT protocol even supported full duplex. You definitely > need a switch rather than hub to run full duplex, and 100Mb or better > may also be required. Once you have that it should auto-detect and > enable full duplex, if your other hardware is capable. Auto-negotiation will work only if the other end (ie, the switch) is set to auto-negotiate. Otherwise the FreeBSD host will set itself to half duplex. -jav
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