From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 15 13:41:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from herbelot.dyndns.org (s014.dhcp212-24.cybercable.fr [212.198.24.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926E337B4E5 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 13:41:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from cybercable.fr (multi.herbelot.nom [192.168.1.2]) by herbelot.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA52275; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:40:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from herbelot@cybercable.fr) Message-ID: <3A1302E6.3549264E@cybercable.fr> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:40:54 +0100 From: Thierry Herbelot X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jason Verkaart Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: forcing half/full duplex on ethernet devices? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jason Verkaart wrote: > > I have a few of these wonderful 4 port DEC21040 ethernet "router" cards. > The only problem is that they have issues with auto sensing half/full > duplex, and get themselves stuck. I've wanted to be able to force them into > full duplex for some time, but I've look through handbook, and LINT. Can't > find the options to force half/full duplex on ethernet cards. Anyone > familiar with this? from man 4 dc : 100baseTX Set 100Mbps (fast ethernet) operation. The mediaopt option can also be used to enable full- duplex operation. Not specifying full duplex im- plies half-duplex mode. Next time, please have a look at the on-line manual > > Any/all help greatly appreciated, > > Jason -- Thierry Herbelot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message