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Date:      Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:03:54 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Derek True <sigmafour@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Setting ti to half duplex
Message-ID:  <20010810100354.B22665@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <F228bDt3HvoFOAmEaJs000053c5@hotmail.com>; from sigmafour@hotmail.com on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 10:10:26AM -0400
References:  <F228bDt3HvoFOAmEaJs000053c5@hotmail.com>

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On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 10:10:26AM -0400, Derek True wrote:
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>     Hello,
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> I've posted this to freebsd-net but have a feeling I might have posted to=
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> the wrong list. Hopefully someone here will know the resolution to the=20
> following problem:
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>    I'm currently trying to set my 3com 3C985-SX gigabit NIC to=20
> Half-Duplex.I've recompiled FreeBSD to include the ti driver but have bee=
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> unsuccessful in setting it to Half-Duplex. I'm currently getting info fro=
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> fiber tap which only sends and cannot recieve. When the NIC enters=20
> full-duplex mode the software I'm using on the box shuts down due to the=
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> lack of establishing link. This can be resolved by setting the NIC to=20
> operate in half-duplex. The ti man page says see ifconfig. Ifconfig says =
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> a driver setting, (so go see the ti man page.) Rc.conf also has been no=
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> help. Has anyone here dealt with the same problem? Any help is immensely=
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> appreciated.

If the card is configured to autoselect you can set it to half duplex as
follows:

ifconfig ti0 media 1000baseTX

If it's already in full duplex mode, not autoselected, you can set it to
half duplex link this:

ifconfig ti0 -mediaopt full-duplex

-- Brooks

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