Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:57:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: adesouza@hpu.edu, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Interface Question Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10010251652490.6796-100000@gorf.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <39F747FD.96BF3995@i-clue.de>
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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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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