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To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
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Subject: Re: fxp0 duplex settings 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:14:00 -0700
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>Is there a way to ifconfig it to make it be half duplex?  I cant get the
>100TX card to talk over the switch to the 10 hub!
>
>I think the driver etc is working though because I have the right light
>flashing.  I just cant get passed the switch

   Yes, you can force it into any specific mode that you want. See the manual
page. For the newest version (which includes the if_media support), do:

ifconfig fxp0 media 100basetx mediaopt half-duplex

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project