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From: Val <val@hcol.net>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: de0 10baset/utp option?
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hmm,
the card itself has 100 and 10 mbps activity lights.
The manual for it also mentions operations at 10mbps.
So i guess freebsd doesn't support this mode of operation?
Val.

On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote:

> 
> 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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