Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 19:56:27 -0700 From: David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU> To: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: excessive collisions on 10Mbit link Message-ID: <20020903025627.GA347@HAL9000.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20020830194612.S16413-100000@q.closedsrc.org> References: <20020831020642.GA674@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20020830194612.S16413-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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Thus spake Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org>: > One thing that I would recommend on doing is to force set the NIC on > both computers to be the same speed... like 10BaseT/half-duplex or > something that both NICs can support. > > Mismatched speed and duplex settings can cause quite a few problems on > networks and computers, even if they are connected to switches or hubs. They're both set to half duplex. One card only supports half duplex; the other can't be set manually, but correctly autoselected the proper settings, or so says ifconfig. I'll try fiddling with them a bit more, and I'll replace the cable. Thanks for the tip. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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