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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 09:00:52 -0400
From: Natty Rebel <dervish@ikhala.tcimet.net>
To: Pierre <pierre@globalserve.net>
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Subject: Re: Can't set Full Duplex on 3COM 3C905B-TX
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Quoting Pierre (pierre@globalserve.net):
> I am having difficulty to make my nic using Duplex. The nic setting is
> autodetect, but even I tried to force it to full duplex, freeBSD still
> showing half-duplex during boot time.
> 
> Can someone point out what I am missing here?
A couple of things did you try using the 'mediaopt full-duplex' in your
/etc/rc.conf? 
(i.e. ifconfig_xl0="inet nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn netmask nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn mediaopt full-duplex")
The other thing is to check that the hub or switch you're connecting to supports
full duplex.  Don't forget 'man xl'

hth ...

> 
> Here is some information of my box.
> 
> OS: FreeBSD 3.1
> NIC: 3COM 3C905B-TX  (setting is autodetect)
> 
> pollo:/opt/openssl-0.9.3# ifconfig -a
> xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
>         ether 00:10:5a:1b:d8:3d
>         media: 100baseTX <half-duplex>
>         supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
> <half-duplex> 100baseTX 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
> <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
> ppp0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> sl0: flags=c010<POINTOPOINT,LINK2,MULTICAST> mtu 552
> tun0: flags=8151<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,PROMISC,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 209.90.137.234 --> 209.90.128.100 netmask 0xffffff00
> 
> 
> --
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
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