Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:13:32 +0300 From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi> To: Steve Shorter <steve@nomad.lets.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1000BaseSX 1000BaseLX confusion? Message-ID: <42F7AEDC.2000002@he.iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <20050808195214.GA14241@nomad.lets.net> References: <20050808195214.GA14241@nomad.lets.net>
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Steve Shorter wrote: >Howdy! > > I was wondering how come the listed media types supported >by sk(4) and em(4) is only 1000BaseSX. Even for single mode >1000BaseLX NICs such as sk 9841 and Intel PWLA8490LX, ifconfig >show the media type as 1000BaseSX. Though the NIC appears to operate in >single mode connected to a LX switch port ok. > > From what I can understand SX supports only multimode fibre >and LX supports both. > > How come there isn't 1000BaseLX for a displayed media type, and >is it really single mode? > > The driver does not make a difference between the optics installed on the card. Maybe it should? Pete
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