Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 10:03:51 +0200 (EET) From: Petri Helenius <pete@sms.fi> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: dg@root.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxp0 and full duplex Message-ID: <199711010803.KAA14082@silver.sms.fi> In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19971031193820.0266e950@sentex.net> References: <Your message of "Sat, 01 Nov 1997 00:27:04 GMT." <345a7507.1170071313@mail.sentex.net> <199711010036.QAA25210@implode.root.com> <3.0.2.32.19971031193820.0266e950@sentex.net>
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Mike Tancsa writes: > > > > 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.... > With OS's with good IP stacks, like FreeBSD and some of the other unixen, you usually hit the second packet in a window coming in with first reply packet. That accounts for about 1% collisions even with fairly low speeds. Downgrading to any M$ OS would "fix" the problem. Pete
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