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To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
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Subject: Re: Network Interface Question
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On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Christoph Sold wrote:

> 
> Adrian De Souza schrieb:
> 
> > To whom it may concern:
> >
> > Right now my network is running on BNC type cabeling and I want to convert it
> > to UTP. I am using 3Com NIC and running BSD 3.X
> > How do I configure my server to accept the UTP change.
> > [snip]
> > # ifconfig -a
> >
> > xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> >         ether 00:10:4b:72:ba:69
> >         media: 10base2/BNC
> >         supported media: 10base2/BNC 10base5/AUI
> >         10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP
> 
>  The line above shows your Ethernet adaptor supports the Media in question. I'd just
> try
> 
> ifconfig xl0 down
> swap cables
> ifconfig xl0 up
> 
> AFAIR ethernet cards probe which media to use when bringing them up. In the worst
> case, you need to reboot the box.

Usually.  But some cards are really stupid (can't autosense) and must be
configured with a software utility.  3com cards should all be autosensing
(of media connection type) though and will work if you ifconfig down then
up as above.



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