Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:19:42 -0600 From: Jason Smith <jasonsmi@TTACS.TTU.EDU> To: Christian Weihs <whitey@whitey.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Welcome to the FreeBSD Documentation Server Message-ID: <23DCEA62-2028-11D6-AFE0-000A277E70B6@ttacs.ttu.edu> In-Reply-To: <000801c1b431$4e470940$0301a8c0@dcons>
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The port that I use in my dorm room goes straight to a 10base-t only router in our IDF. The IDF sends to the MDF over fiber and then over fiber to wherever it enters the campus. So I know that I am not limited to half-duplex, as I would be if connected to a hub (right?). I know that manually selecting full-duplex works, because we do it with all of our Windows machines. I didn't think I would have such a problem with my Mac though. "man en" doesn't give me any info, just an error message. On Tuesday, February 12, 2002, at 07:54 PM, Christian Weihs wrote: >> I know that full-duplex is supported by our LAN, and I know that I am >> not going through a hub. > > Not connected to a hub? How then? > I've had a similar problem with an old DEC Tulip NIC. I'm connected > through a 10/100 Switch but the card wouldn't recognize the link. > I tried to force it with > ifconfig de0 <ip and mask> media 100BaseTX mediaopt full-duplex > but the link wouldn't come up. Only after disconnecting the TP cable > and connecting it right afterwards the link would be recognized. > Maybe it was the Switch (cheap and nasty Surecom Switch). After all, > network hardware is a bit sensitive about what you plug together. > >> I have tried the command "ifconfig en0 media 10baset/utp mediaopt >> full-duplex" and it returns: >> >> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Operation not supported >> >> Does this mean that I cannot set it to full-duplex even as root? I >> know >> that the version of FreeBSD OSX uses is out of date. Could this be >> something that wasn't allowed in the older version that X uses? > > I think the mediatype is case-sensitive....but try > man en > This should show you the right options for this driver. > > Christian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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