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Date:      Sat, 28 Apr 2001 15:14:11 +0100
From:      Guilherme Oliveira <guilherme@nortenet.pt>
To:        Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Realtek 8139 very slow !
Message-ID:  <3AEAD033.C5986090@nortenet.pt>
References:  <3AE78686.675C1431@nortenet.pt> <004b01c0cdff$af51c4a0$cc01a8c0@xyf> <3AE84807.342A948@nortenet.pt> <3AEAC1CE.59626289@gmx.de>

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Siegbert Baude wrote:
> 
> So, where is your NIC connected to? DSL? Switch? Cross-connect cable
> to another NIC?
> You have to determine, whether you need full-duplex or half-duplex.
> Half-duplex being the safe bet.

To another NIC.

> man ifconfig
> man rl

I didn't know that FreeBSD have man page for rl ...
Good !

> You do this with "ifconfig". To make it permanent add  a line in
> /etc/rc.conf .
> I have there:
> ifconfig_rl0="inet <MY_IP>  netmask <MY_NETMASK> media 10baseT/UTP"
> 
> This will force half-duplex. For full-duplex you have to add the
> "mediaopt full-duplex" term.
> Note that the man page is somewhat unclear there, at least last time I
> checked it.

It's working now !
I didn't know, until reading the other 8139 thread, that I have a bad
NIC.
And I thaught it was working at full power ...

Tnx!
[]'s

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