From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 2 0:17:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from wank.necropolis.org (wank.necropolis.org [207.246.128.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31867155D1 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 00:17:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from todd@flyingcroc.net) Received: from localhost (todd@localhost) by wank.necropolis.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA13110; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 00:23:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from todd@flyingcroc.net) X-Authentication-Warning: wank.necropolis.org: todd owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 00:23:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Todd Backman X-Sender: todd@wank.necropolis.org To: Ludwig Pummer Cc: Max Neo Yew Hwee , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: configure 100BaseT In-Reply-To: <37CE1D4E.909AAD16@bigfoot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I may be wrong but I think that 'mediaopt' is used for setting the duplex modes. Also not sure if you can use commas in the ifconfig line... You may want to try: ifconfig_xl0="inet 172.16.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100basetx mediaopt full-duplex" - Todd On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > 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 > ========================================================================= Todd Backman "there are two major products Network Systems Admin that came out of berkeley Flying Crocodile, Inc. lsd and unix. Seattle, WA we don't believe this to be "chaos is a good teacher..." a coincidence." j.s.anderson ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message