From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 7 20:27:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA15587 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 20:27:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA15532 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 20:26:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@xmission.com) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA25638; Fri, 7 Nov 1997 21:29:09 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 21:29:09 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199711080429.VAA25638@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: David Malone CC: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Hard wiring media type on de0 driver. In-Reply-To: <9711071145.aa19169@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> References: <9711071145.aa19169@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David Malone writes: > Our hubs reset themselves this morning with an interesting > side effect. It takes about 90 seconds for the hubs to restart. > During this time the the two machines we have with de based > ethernet cards with both UTP and Co-ax connectors decided to > switch to co-ax. Naturally when the hubs came back the cards > didn't.... > > Using "ifconfig de0 media UTP" fixed the problem. At the moment > I don't say what media type to use when initially ifconfig'ing > the card. If I did would the card refuse to change media unless > ifconfig'ed again? It would be nice to have some protection > from this. Nope, they'll shut off anytime you lose the connectivity. I don't think they actually switched; "ifconfig de0 up" will bring them back also. I'd suggest either a better hub (90 seconds to restart a hub?) or a UPS for your network stack. I have suggestions on quality networking components if you're in the market. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com