Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:27:25 -0700 From: Artem Belevich <art@freebsd.org> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 xl + dual-speed Netgear hub = yoyo Message-ID: <CAFqOu6gwJ1Na1yiTpWZAM70wHqBypMn3d2bPF5JRcPVzcEQFag@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4EA438B2.5030809@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4ea18916.IBAr0lF5RCzEYn6G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <CA%2BaY-u7JyaEiEv3XKgCX1PsRLOAR97_MduLtbdj3uav9yvFq%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <4EA438B2.5030809@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On the other hand, for anything Gb capable nowadays connected to a > switch autoneg pretty much just works -- em(4), bce(4) are excellent, > and even re(4) gets this stuff right. There are still cases of incompatibility. I've got a cheap D-Link GigE switch that consistently autonegotiates bge(4) devices to 100/FD unless I force mastership on the NIC end with 'ifconfig bge0 link0'. em(4) device negotiates with the switch just fine, though. --Artem
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