Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:23:21 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Yusuf Goolamabbas <yusufg@outblaze.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Understanding ifconfig output Message-ID: <00Feb22.072322est.115205@border.alcanet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20000221113615.398.qmail@yusufg.portal2.com>; from yusufg@outblaze.com on Mon, Feb 21, 2000 at 10:38:13PM %2B1100 References: <20000221113615.398.qmail@yusufg.portal2.com>
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On 2000-Feb-21 22:38:13 +1100, Yusuf Goolamabbas <yusufg@outblaze.com> wrote: >does SIMPLEX mean that the card is in half duplex mode, No. From /usr/include/net/if.h: #define IFF_SIMPLEX 0x800 /* can't hear own transmissions */ >What is the recommended way to determine link speed from a machine to >a hub/switch. With FreeBSD, the `media' line of ifconfig output: >media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active > (e.g A colo provider claims that there is 100 Mbit card >in the box and one would want to verify that) Configure the other end to 100baseTX only and verify the link comes up. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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