Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:49:13 +1000 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: dg@root.com, Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: river <river@theriver.nu>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp0: device timeout Message-ID: <19990917214913.A2505@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199909171119.EAA16082@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 04:19:02AM -0700 References: <37E20CBE.BFC69E55@partitur.se> <199909171119.EAA16082@implode.root.com>
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On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 04:19:02AM -0700, David Greenman wrote: > >oops... I've never bothered to check this. Here's the report from > >ifconfig: > > > >$ ifconfig fxp0 > >fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > inet 193.10.208.65 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 193.10.208.255 > > ether 00:a0:c9:ac:e7:75 > > media: autoselect (100baseTX) status: active > > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > >10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > > > > > >I guess I can set the switch to full-duplex, no auto-sensing, and > >ifconfig the NIC with 'media full-duplex', right? > > Actually what you want is: > > ifconfig fxp0 media 100basetx mediaopt full-duplex > > Also be sure that the switch is configured the same and keep in mind that > whenever you specify something other than auto for either the speed or the > duplex that autonegotiation is completely disabled, so both sides must be > set the same for it to work. i just purchased one of these (intel etherexpress pro pci 10/100tx) and plan to use it in a 10 mbit ethernet network. so i assume that i will need to make apropriate changes for 10 mb working and i should be ok. sorry for this almost silly question, i've had some serious trouble with a smc pci 10/100tx (thier proprietry chipset -9432tx something) from what i've read recently i've gone from "bad to worse" with respect to my nic choices. i was looking for a plugin and forget solution like the old smc etherelite nic's used to be. thank you for your time and sorry for the intrusion. regards 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-isp" in the body of the message
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