Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 21:35:05 +1000 From: eirvine <eirvine@tpgi.com.au> To: jm.fandino@fadesa.es, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipconfig: SIMPLEX or DUPLEX? Message-ID: <3ABF2969.CC0A184D@tpgi.com.au> References: <3ABF22A5.321FECE9@tpgi.com.au> <3ABF24F5.6F5A7D8A@fadesa.es>
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Hi, "Jos=E9 M. Fandi=F1o" wrote: >=20 > eirvine wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running 4.3 Beta on a shiny new Dell 1400. The NIC > > comes up as the fxp0 device. It is an embedded Intel > > pro 100/+ > > > > The light on the switch says it is in Duplex mode. > > However, ipconfig -a says SIMPLEX. I've tried a > > different switch, but no change. >=20 > I think that SIMPLEX is a BSD feature independent of > NIC half/full-duplex, the *BSD can't hear your own > transmissions. > This means the card really is in DUPLEX mode, but ifconfig doesn't show it. Is that right? =20 > > Using the tweaks John Polstra wrote about with NFS > > mounts gives me around 8Mb/sec for an NFS read so > > there ain't nothing wrong with network performance. > > > > What gives? > > > > Eddie. Eddie. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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