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To: Allen Hyer <allenh@wtrt.net>
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Subject: Re: SMC Etherpower 10/100 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 19 Mar 1997 21:17:38 CST."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 20:59:03 -0800
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>Hello,
>  I have a 2.1.6-Release box, and recently installed an SMC Etherpower
>10/100.  The card is old, at least a year or two, so it doesn't have the
>"newer" chipset.  The card is connected to a 10/100mbs ethernet switch.
>When FreeBSD comes up, it "enables" the 10BaseT port, instead of the 100mbs
>port.  Is there a way to get FreeBSD to force it to 100mbs instead of 10?
>I have verified that the port on the switch does 100mbs, by connecting
>other equipment to that port.  But I haven't figured out how to tell
>FreeBSD to use it in the 100mbs mode.

   Try the "link2" option to ifconfig.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project