Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:15:55 +1000 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, ckwen <ckwen@eembox.ee.ncku.edu.tw>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can two fast ethernet cards work in a freebsd box ? Message-ID: <19991017161555.A24189@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <38094456.B210ECEC@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 09:36:54PM -0600 References: <199910161104.TAA26753@eembox.ee.ncku.edu.tw> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910161424540.81531-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> <19991017090323.A23931@caamora.com.au> <38094456.B210ECEC@softweyr.com>
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wes, dmp, chris, ckwen On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 09:36:54PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > jonathan michaels wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 02:28:56PM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote: > > > On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, ckwen wrote: > > > > Thanks to Wes Peters and Martin Machacek. > > > > Now the hub's 100 Mbps LED goes on again after the execution > > > > of ifconfig command. The parameters I set in ifconfig are > > > > "media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex." > > > > Neither of them can be omitted. > > > If this really is a HUB as you have been saying all this time, and not > > > a SWITCH, you don't want to be using full-duplex. > > ummm, this may be a silly question, if so would you (or > > anybody else) be so kind as to reply off list as to why and > > what the difference would be in this regard thanks guys, your responces private and mailinglist are muchly apreciated. i now have a clear understanding of what i need to do to to get a good (maybe not perfect) 100 mbit environment that will be built with 3 pci based pentiums (a 90 mhz, a 133 mhz and a 180 mhz ppro) that will be a development platform to build x11 based applications for use by disabled people in an intranetworked office. i apreciate your time and effort. keep you all posted and maybe the odd question in the future, freebsd is a good workhorse os. warm regards and best wishes. jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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