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Date:      Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:32:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Val <val@hcol.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: de0 10baset/utp option?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181532360.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980818165713.7027A-100000@ns.hcol.net>

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On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Val wrote:

> hello there.
> i am having a problem getting my digital ethernet card to work.
> i can run 
> ifconfig de0 xxx.xxx.xx.xx 255.255.255.0 media 100BaseTX
> and it seems to run fine at 100 mbps.
> now, i have a 10mbs hub.
> ifconfig de0 xxx.xxx.xx.xx 255.255.255.0 media 10BaseT/UTP
> produces the following error:
> ifconfig: sipcsifmedia: device not supported
> 
> typing just
> ifconfig de0
> in the last line says that:
> supported media: autoselect 100BaseTX <full-duplex> 100BaseTX
> 
> So why is 100BaseTX there twice?

One is with the full-duplex option, and one is without.

> Also, is this my network card that doesn't support 10baseT or can i force
> it to run at 10mbs somehow?
> (network card bought from infotel , has a digital chip on it).

You don't.  Your card is 100mbit-only.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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