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Date:      Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:12:02 +0100
From:      Grzegorz Czaplinski <gregory@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl>
To:        Gary Southerly <gsouther@cx933506-c.chnd1.az.home.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Intel Ethernet card.
Message-ID:  <20011128231202.A17296@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl>
In-Reply-To: <200111282058.fASKwPx83145@cx933506-c.chnd1.az.home.com>; from gsouther@cx933506-c.chnd1.az.home.com on Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:58:24PM -0700
References:  <20011128211741.I14806@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> <200111282058.fASKwPx83145@cx933506-c.chnd1.az.home.com>

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On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:58:24PM -0700, Gary Southerly wrote:
> You can use "/sbin/ifconfig" to change the settings. IE: 
> ifconfig fxp0 media 10baseT/utp 
>
I have just gave it a try. Setting manualy works like a charm. ;>

> This would set it to 10Mb. I believe you could set it in the
> /etc/rc.conf file by adding "media 10baseT/UTP" in the line 
> "ifconfig_fxp0=" to set it at boot time.
> for example:
> ifconfig_fxp0="inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT/UTP"

This does not work. Dos not bring the interface up.
The reason I am asking the question is because I have an old
3Com 509B ISA card. This card is 10baseT. Recently I got a new
Intel card. I recompiled my kernel with those options:
device          miibus          # MII bus support
device          fxp             # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
After reboot the system brings the interface up, but it is slow.
When I ping the nearest (my ISP) gateway I get 0% packet loss,
but something behind brings me 50%-60% packet loss.
The card by default is 100baseT so I thought that could be the problem
and decided to change it to 10baseT.
I haven't noticed any such problem  with my old 3Com card.
Any Ideas? Do they do anything on the gateway that slows my connection?
Best regards and thanks for the help,
	gregory
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