From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 1 23:47:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA15F14F5C for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:47:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 3648 invoked from network); 2 Sep 1999 06:46:54 -0000 Received: from furball.chip-web.com (HELO bigfoot.com) (172.16.1.29) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 2 Sep 1999 06:46:54 -0000 Message-ID: <37CE1D4E.909AAD16@bigfoot.com> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:46:38 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Max Neo Yew Hwee Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fw: configure 100BaseT References: <06cc01bef4f2$922eb4b0$d06415a5@radium.mcis.singnet.com.sg> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, if you're currently using the 3c905, then I suppose you already have a line in rc.conf that begins with ifconfig_xl0. You simply need to add "mediaopt 100baseTX,full-duplex", so you get a line that looks something like: (substituting your IP address and netmask, of course) ifconfig_xl0="inet 172.16.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 mediaopt 100baseTX,full-duplex" --Ludwig Pummer Max Neo Yew Hwee wrote: > > Thanks, your reply is prompt & useful > > May I know how can I set this setting in rc.conf file so that it'll take > effect everytime system reboot. > And can I kindly know how the setting can be force to full duplex mode > rather than simplex mode. > > Best Regards > Max > -----Original Message----- > From: Ludwig Pummer > To: Max Neo Yew Hwee > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 2:44 AM > Subject: Re: Fw: configure 100BaseT > > >The 3c509 is an ISA card that is not capable of 100BaseTX. > > > >The 3c905 is a PCI card that is capable of 100BaseTX. I would expect > >that speed is auto-negotiated, but you can force the speed using the > >"mediaopt 100baseTX" command line option to ifconfig. > > > >Max Neo Yew Hwee wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> sorry for the earlier mail. Correction, I m using 3Com509 network > >> cards, kindly help me as how to configure it to 100BaseT. > > > >--Ludwig Pummer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message