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Subject: Re: How do I set 100MB mode on fxp0 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 11 Jan 1997 20:11:04 PST."
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 23:59:16 -0500
From: "Adam W. Hawks" <root@pent.vnet.net>
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> >I have a Intel EtherExpress Pro 100b card and can't get it do 
> >talk at any speed but 10MB. What do I have to do to get it in
> >100MB mode.
> >
 (snip)
> 
>    Do you have a 100Mbit switch? You can't do both modes without a switch.

no. There is no jumpers or switches on the card. 

> If you have the machine connected by a cross-over cable, be warned that the
> Pro/100B's auto speed detection doesn't deal with this correctly when the
> cards on both ends are Pro/100B's. It does seem to work when one card is
> a DEC chip based card, however.

Both ends are Pro/100B's. Does that mean I will not be able to get it to 
work in 100MB mode?

Also does the Berkley Packet filter's make it default to 10MB. The file
if_fxp.c makes it look like it does?

> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
> 
> 

Adam W. Hawks
awhawks@ibm.net