From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 26 4:28:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from www.golsyd.net.au (golsyd.net.au [203.57.20.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A5A837B718 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:28:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kaltorak@quake.com.au) Received: from [203.164.12.28] by www.quake.com.au (NTMail 4.30.0012/AB6169.63.5724aadf) with ESMTP id itraaaaa for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:28:09 +1000 Message-ID: <3ABF36A5.A8FA3FCC@quake.com.au> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:31:33 +1000 From: Kal Torak X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eirvine Cc: jm.fandino@fadesa.es, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipconfig: SIMPLEX or DUPLEX? References: <3ABF22A5.321FECE9@tpgi.com.au> <3ABF24F5.6F5A7D8A@fadesa.es> <3ABF2969.CC0A184D@tpgi.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > 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. > > > > 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? I take you mean ifconfig when you say ipconfig (which is an NT thing)... And your correct, SIMPLEX has nothing to do with duplex modes on the NIC... If the switch says its full-duplex and the speeds are sweet then belive the little light :) Have fun! Kal. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message