From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 17 00:59:31 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D31C37B401 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:59:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1921743F93 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 00:59:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5H7xKDo068110; Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:29:22 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Mike Silbersack Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:29:20 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <200306161909.33474.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200306171038.23826.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20030617011055.O8740@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <20030617011055.O8740@odysseus.silby.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306171729.20775.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -1.2 () CARRIAGE_RETURNS,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_03_05,USER_AGENT X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.16 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vr(4) duplex problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:59:31 -0000 On Tuesday 17 June 2003 15:43, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > I don't have any other brands of 100/FDX switches :( > > I will try and dig one up, but I think the best I can do is a different > > generation switch from the same manufacturer. > > Well, then we're somewhat stuck. > > Couldn't you sneak in a little 5 port hub from home and splice it into the > network? :) I have a little 8 port switch at home, but it's made by Alloy :) I will ask my geeky friends, I'm sure they have a wide selection :) > > ukphy0: on miibus1 > > ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > > Nothing out of the ordinary there, but perhaps we're messing up by _not_ > recognizing a specific PHY and doing something special. Hmmmm... > > I have an idea, but since forced duplex works for you, I'm not inclined to > spend time on it now. OK, I will get back to you with the results with a different switch in a few days... -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5