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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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