From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 18 14:32:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA09021 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:32:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA08798 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:30:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA10072; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:27:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 14:27:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Johann Visagie cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEC 21140 NIC not auto-resetting In-Reply-To: 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, 15 May 1998, Johann Visagie wrote: > > I am currently testing the new Netgear FA310TX NIC (DEC 21140-AF chipset) > under 2.2.6-R. I've got it connected to a Netgear fast ethernet switch. The > switch is set to auto-sense the duplexing mode (though setting it to > full-duplex does not seem to change the problem I'm about to describe). [...] > Is this behaviour standard? Most likely. Speed autodetect is completely flakey; it's suggested that you set the speed using the card's configuration program. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message