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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:47:24 +0200
From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
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Subject: Re: fxp0: device timeout
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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


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