From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 17 06:38:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA12685 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 06:38:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk (lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk [194.200.230.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA12680 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 06:38:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benhutch@lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk) Received: from benhutch by lonegunman.xfiles.org.uk with local (Exim 2.05 #1) id 0zUWYc-0002JN-00; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:38:10 +0100 Message-ID: <19981017143810.B711@xfiles.org.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:38:10 +0100 From: Ben Hutchinson To: jmertz@rocksolid.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec ANA 691/TX ethernet card References: <3627E33A.67EF@rocksolid.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <3627E33A.67EF@rocksolid.net>; from John Mertz on Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 05:22:18PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There should be a line similar to this in /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_de0="inet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0" Add the approriate media options switch to the end of that: ifconfig_de0="inet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 media 10baseT/UTP" If you wish to make the change while the system is running, type: ifconfig de0 media 10baseT/UTP - Ben On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 05:22:18PM -0700, John Mertz wrote: > I have an Adaptec ANA 691/TX ethernet card (based on the DEC DC21140 > chip) that should support both 10 and 100 mbit connection. I am trying > to connect it to a 10 mbit hub but FreeBSD insists on bringing up the > card in 100 mbit mode. > > How can I get FreeBSD to switch the card to 10 mbit mode? -- "I Want To Believe" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message