From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 28 15:12: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dt054n86.san.rr.com (dt054n86.san.rr.com [24.30.152.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D8A14CE3 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:12:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt054n86.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA07812; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:11:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:11:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug X-Sender: doug@dt054n86.san.rr.com To: Gunnar Flygt Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Changing from simplex to dublex In-Reply-To: <19990625083441.A3528@sr.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Gunnar Flygt wrote: > Is it possible to change a running network card form simplex to > full-duplex without taking it down? I forgot to set the full-duplex flag > when I started the machine. It was on a hub before but is on a switch > now. It was set to media: autoselect but it chooses simplex by it self. > The switch is set to autonegotiate also It depends on the switch and the card, but in general the answer is yes. If it's a good card, worst thing it'll do is tell you "no" when you try it. Check out the man pages for ifconfig and your card's driver for more details. Good luck, Doug -- On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does. -- Will Rogers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message