Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:46:15 -0400 From: r17fbsd@xxiii.com To: Pang <freebsd@laws.ms> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching between half-duplex and full duplex Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070603114119.01dd8288@mailsvr.xxiii.com> In-Reply-To: <46629F7E.4040405@laws.ms> References: <46629F7E.4040405@laws.ms>
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At 07:01 AM 6/3/2007, you wrote: > I have just installed FreeBSD and found that the nic em0 is set to > half-duplex only. Could anyone tell me how I can switch it to full-duplex? > media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>) You should be more concerned that it is only at 10Mb. I'm not sure if the old 10bT protocol even supported full duplex. You definitely need a switch rather than hub to run full duplex, and 100Mb or better may also be required. Once you have that it should auto-detect and enable full duplex, if your other hardware is capable. -RW
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