From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 22 13:16:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from granite.sentex.net (granite.sentex.ca [199.212.134.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3A5015A39 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:14:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simoeon (simeon.sentex.ca [209.112.4.47]) by granite.sentex.net (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA09427; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:14:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990922161313.01e84c80@staff.sentex.ca> X-Sender: mdtpop@staff.sentex.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:13:13 -0400 To: Mitch Collinsworth From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: how to set fxp0 to half-duplex? [was: nfs tuning] Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199909221958.AA276660293@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 03:58 PM 9/22/99 -0400, Mitch Collinsworth wrote: >>ifconfig fxp0 media 10BaseT/UTP >>ifconfig fxp0 media 10BaseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex >> >>No reboot is needed. > >ackk! It's not auto-sensing! I've been ass_u_ming it was. >Why, pray tell, isn't this documented? I never trust auto-sensing. Tell both ends what they are configured for. > >>I use lots of fxp cards on a couple of Cat 1900s in 10BaseT Full duplex >>mode without any errors. Similarly on the 100BaseT ports in full duplex >>Here is a sample in 100BaseT full duplex. >> >> >>------------------------------------- >>Total good frames 632711776 > >Hey, ethernet counters! How do you get these? I thought you said you were using a Cisco Catalyst switch ? Just telnet into the box (or via the serial console) and view the port stats. ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel 01.519.651.3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message