Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:26:27 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to set fxp0 to half-duplex? [was: nfs tuning] Message-ID: <199909222126.AA279575587@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 14:03:56 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909221400510.26362-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
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>> I never trust auto-sensing. Tell both ends what they are configured for. > >Good advice, but when problems occur, try turning off auto-sensing. That's what he was said. >We've >got a 10/100Mbit switch in the office that if you hook up a computer >that doesn't auto-sense but forces 100Mbit, either full or half duplex, >the throughput drops into the 10-50KB/sec range. > >Of course, in this case, the advice can't be exactly followed, because the >switch can only auto-sense, it can't be configured. If your switch will only auto-sense and can't be locked down, and the computer will not auto-sense, then according to David's message you can expect the worst. And it sounds like that's just what you got. Throw out that garbage [switch?] and get a real one. [Do people really make unconfigurable switches? Or is this really a hub?] -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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