From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 19 12:12:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10349 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:12:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA10344 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:12:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA07447; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:12:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:12:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Val cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 10baset/utp option? In-Reply-To: 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 On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Val wrote: > 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? It should, but your card is apparently telling the driver that it doesn't support 10BaseT. Try cold-booting the system and/or using any setup utility you may have received from the manufacturer to reconfigure the media settings. It may be forced to 100mbit. > > 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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message