Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 23:30:34 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: ckwen <ckwen@eembox.ee.ncku.edu.tw> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can two fast ethernet cards work in a freebsd box ? Message-ID: <3806BBFA.7E5E4658@softweyr.com> References: <199910150221.KAA15619@eembox.ee.ncku.edu.tw>
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ckwen wrote:
>
> Sorry for not describing the situation clearly.
>
> > >
> > > I install two Dlink DFE-530TX on my freebsd 3.3 box.
> > > They can be detected by kernel without problems.
> > > It happens when I connect them with two cat.5 lines to a
> > > 100 Mb hub. During booting sequence, the kernel reports
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
> connected to two seperated 100 Mb hubs.
>
> > > that the link status of the first interface is full-duplex 100 Mbps
> > > but the second interface is half-duplex 10 Mbps. I expect that
> > > the two links should be full-duplex 100 Mbps.
> > > Can anyone help me out ?
> >
>
> Both of 100 Mb LED indicators of the two hubs light when freebsd
> machine is powered on. The 100 Mb LED of the hub which the second
> interface connected to goes off after kernel reports that the
> second interface is 10 Mbps half-duplex.
Autonegotiation is failing between your card and this hub. Specify
"mediaopt 100baseTX" as part of the ifconfig options, as in:
ifconfig_vr0="inet 192.168.42.1 netmask 0xffffff00 mediaopt 100baseTX"
in /etc/rc.conf.
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