Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:47:24 +0200 From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> To: dg@root.com Cc: river <river@theriver.nu>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp0: device timeout Message-ID: <37E2385C.4D09A50E@partitur.se> References: <199909171119.EAA16082@implode.root.com>
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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. > Thanks. I should read the man page more carefully next time. :) /Palle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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