Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:38:20 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: dg@root.com Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp0 and full duplex Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19971031193820.0266e950@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <199711010036.QAA25210@implode.root.com> References: <Your message of "Sat, 01 Nov 1997 00:27:04 GMT." <345a7507.1170071313@mail.sentex.net>
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At 04:36 PM 10/31/97 -0800, David Greenman wrote: >>On Fri, 31 Oct 1997 00:50:20 -0800, in sentex.lists.freebsd.misc you >>wrote: >> >>>> >>>>tu full-duplex mode? >>> >>> If it is connected to a switch that does NWAY negotiation, then it will >>>automatically set full-duplex. Otherwise, use: >>> >>>ifconfig fxp0 media 100basetx mediaopt full-duplex >> >>Is there any way to tell after the fact if the card is in full duplex >>mode ? > > No, but trust me. :-) > Seriously, there really should be a way to sense the mode when it is in >"autoselect" so that it can be displayed with ifconfig. Wow! Thanks for the quick response... I have a feeling the card is in half duplex since I am getting a steady stream of collisions (.4%) ... Its connected to a Cisco 4700 FastE port via cross over cable taking a 5Mbit ATM feed. I would have thought the collisions would almost be nonexistant.... ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *
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