Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:12:38 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fxp0 and full duplex Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971031200952.11298E-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199711010047.QAA25357@implode.root.com>
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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, David Greenman wrote: > >> 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.... > > Cisco's don't support NWAY, so you'll have to set the Cisco switch port to > full duplex as well as the fxp. The 4700 is router, not a switch. And yes, you will have to switch it full duplex. > -DG > > David Greenman > Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project Tom (who is constanting annoyed that all 6 of the 10BT ports on the 4500 here are half-duplex only)
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