From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 22 17:35:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from horst.bfd.com (horst.bfd.com [12.9.219.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39EBC15055 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:35:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Received: from HARLIE.bfd.com (bastion.bfd.com [12.9.219.14]) by horst.bfd.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA22284; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:35:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:35:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" To: Mike Tancsa Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to set fxp0 to half-duplex? [was: nfs tuning] In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990922200226.05f32100@granite.sentex.ca> 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, 22 Sep 1999, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >> I never trust auto-sensing. Tell both ends what they are configured for. > > > >Good advice, but when problems occur, try turning off auto-sensing. 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. > > Yuk. What kind of switch is that ? i.e. where you are not allowed to > configure it to various connection modes ? > > So far, I have had great luck with Catalyst and HP switches with the fxps. > They are of course fully configurable and managed and work well in Half and > Full Duplex modes at 10 and 100. We put in a purchase order, and got something that doesn't even have a brand-name on it. Then again, for 16 fully switched ports (10/100, full or half-duplex) for $350, I'm not complaining too loudly. This is the only annoyance we've found so far. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message