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Date:      Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:35:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      David van Geyn <dataivNOSPAM@noc.peon.net>
To:        Lane <lane@joeandlane.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pppOe 1000baseTX config
Message-ID:  <20050727093217.J4096@radium.cmbn.vangeyn.net>
In-Reply-To: <200507251556.26672.lane@joeandlane.com>
References:  <NHBBKEEMKJDINKDJBJHGMEMPKAAD.john@day-light.com> <200507251556.26672.lane@joeandlane.com>

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You won't gain anything beyond 10baseT/UTP with your DSL line. Also=20
because it is autodetecting at 10baseT/UTP suggests that your DSL modem=20
only has 10baseT support built in to it, so you can't use anything higher.

Same goes for your internetl interface re0. It it autodetecting 100baseTX=
=20
full-duplex which suggests that you have a 10/100baseTX switch. You can't=
=20
just make your NIC use gigabit if the other end doesn't support it.

You won't gain any speed on the DSL side for sure.

Generally speaking I find autodetect to work well most of the time. I have=
=20
rarely had a problem.

David
FreeBSD Tutorials @ http://freebsd.vangeyn.net

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Lane wrote:
> Is there any speed advatage possible beyond the (10baseT/UTP)?  If not th=
en I
> guess it doesn't matter.
>
> The dsl modem is on bge0, which ifconfig reports as
>
> bge0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 options=3D1a<TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 inet6 fe80::211:11ff:febd:be3a%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid =
0x1
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ether 00:11:11:bd:be:3a
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP)
>
> My expectation (hope) is to change the "10base" in the media: line to
> "100base" or "1000base" to gain any throughput advantage that is possible=
=2E
>
> The internal network is on re0, which ifconfig reports as
>
> re0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 options=3D1b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.2=
55
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 inet6 fe80::240:f4ff:feb4:841a%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0=
x2
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ether 00:40:f4:b4:84:1a
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 status: active
>
> I'd like the change the "100base" in the media: line to a "1000base", if
> possible.
>
> thanks for your eyes!
>
> lane
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