Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:56:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> To: Peter Salvage <wizard@sybaweb.co.za> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ifconfig question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009121349250.320-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> In-Reply-To: <016001c01bc6$f0bf0920$0200a8c0@ait.co.za>
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Peter Salvage wrote: > Since switching it back on, the hubs that both nic's are connected > to, show collision lights for those ports only, permanently. In > other words, the collision lights are on ALL the time. My concern > is that I have a media mis-match, as all hubs are half-duplex by > design and both cards are running full-duplex. You can try to force the cards into half-duplex by doing: ifconfig rl0 inet x.x.x.x media 100baseTX mediaopt half-duplex Of course, if you only have a 10Mbit network, then use 10baseT/UTP instead. > Looking through the man page for ifconfig, it appears I need to do the > following for both interfaces: > ifconfig rl0 media 10baseT/UTP > ifconfig rl1 media 10baseT/UTP > > Am I correct? Will I lose the IP addresses and/or other parameters by typing > the above commands in? No, the you won't lose the IP addresses, but you might lose network connectivity if 10baseT/UTP isn't correct! Best to practice on the console first (if possible), until you have a good feeling about ifconfig and the physical network itself. -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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