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From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To: "Mike Oligny" <moligny@kanotech.com>,
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Subject: RE: duplex mismatch or something bad like that?
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 13:57:46 -0700
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Oligny
>Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 12:43 PM
>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: duplex mismatch or something bad like that?
>
>
>...excuse the cross-post.  I really am sorry.  *g*
>
>I just replaced an old 10BaseT/UTP NIC with a new (cheapo-RTL8139-sort)
>100BaseT NIC.  The reason I replaced this card had nothing to do with
>
>
>Is this a bug?  Should the NIC drivers be a little more intelligent?
>Has this subject been beaten to death elsewhere? 

Yes - including the hardware tips on the FreeBSD installation CD. RealTek
be bad.



Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com



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