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ifconfig fxp0 down
ifconfig fxp0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
ifconfig fxp0 up

Add the options to /etc/rc.conf for the next bootup too

stick from media* on the end of the ifconfig_fxp0="   entry

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> I have a system with an IntelPro Ethernet card, which purports to
> support full-duplex (reformatted for legibility):
> 
> # ifconfig fxp0
> fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet XXX.YYY.236.105 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast
>         XXX.YYY.239.255
>         inet6 fe80::2d0:b7ff:fe65:d038%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>         atalk 12174.21 range 12174-12174 phase 2 broadcast 0.255
>         ether 00:d0:b7:65:d0:38
>         media: autoselect (100baseTX) status: active
>         supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex>
100baseTX
>         10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
> 
> But trying to set full-duplex results in an error:
> 
> # ifconfig fxp0 mediaopt full-duplex
> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured
> 
> My workaround is to have our network staff change my port on the
> switch to half-duplex, but I'm hoping to learn how to do this for
> future reference. Thanks.
> 
> System is:
> 
> FreeBSD foo.example.com 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #1: Thu Jul 27
> 19:07:54 PDT 2000     fred@foo.example.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/FOO
> i386
> -- 
> Fred Condo + fred@condo.chico.ca.us
> 
> 
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