From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 28 11:23:58 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DAAA37B401 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:23:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21F1D43FFD for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:23:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18oq6k-000JSd-00 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:23:47 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 4F4B7C6D0 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:23:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 522C7610C for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:23:34 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id 256D0225C2; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:23:35 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:23:35 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: full/half duplex Message-ID: <20030228192335.GA10452@raggedclown.net> References: <1046381078.2126.19.camel@ka0ttic> <001201c2deb9$2b29a220$1508060a@furrie.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001201c2deb9$2b29a220$1508060a@furrie.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:37:19PM -0000, Chris Phillips wrote: > Aaron wrote: - > I have a 3Com 3c900-Combo and ifconfig is reporting that it was in > half-duplex mode, so I booted up my 3com dos utility book disk and > checked and it was at half-duplex so I changed it to full. ifconfig is > still reporting it being half-duplex. Do I need to reinstall the driver > or something? How would I go about it? > > Chris Phillips wrote: > > Is it plugged into a hub or a switch? > > A hub will only do half duplex. > > A switch will do full duplex. > > Worth mentioning... > I don't know what the problem is but I do not think what you say is correct. A hub can do full duplex, at least in my previous experience. > Aaron wrote: - > Oh yes and btw, the nic that's hooked up to my cable modem, a 3c509B is > also set at full duplex by the 3com utility but it does not come up > half-duplex.. didnt know if this info would help. > Then... > Well, it was plugged into a hub. I just went downstairs and swapped the > hub with a switch, rebooted the freebsd box just to be sure, and xl0 > still came up half-duplex. any other ideas? > > *** > I think you could do with submitting a bit more info before anybody can > make any educated guesses. I'm definitely stuck without any more ;-) > > Chris > > > intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message