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To: "Ralph R. Rye" <root@itol.com>
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Subject: Re: Qustion About Intel EtherExpress 100B 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 23:39:45 -0800
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>I have a have Intel EtherExpress 100B card in a FreeBSD box and have
>recently purchased a switched hub, full duplex.  I would to know if my nic
>card will auto detect the full duplex or will I have to configure it
>myself manually somehow? If I have to configure it manually, hints on how
>to do this would be appreciated.

   It will autoconfig full duplex and not work. We don't have support for
full duplex in any of the drivers yet. You must set your switch to forced
half duplex for now.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project