Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:08:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Val <val@hcol.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 10baset/utp option? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980819090618.17130A-100000@ns.hcol.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181532360.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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hmm, the card itself has 100 and 10 mbps activity lights. The manual for it also mentions operations at 10mbps. So i guess freebsd doesn't support this mode of operation? Val. On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Doug White wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Aug 1998, Val wrote: > > > hello there. > > i am having a problem getting my digital ethernet card to work. > > i can run > > ifconfig de0 xxx.xxx.xx.xx 255.255.255.0 media 100BaseTX > > and it seems to run fine at 100 mbps. > > now, i have a 10mbs hub. > > ifconfig de0 xxx.xxx.xx.xx 255.255.255.0 media 10BaseT/UTP > > produces the following error: > > ifconfig: sipcsifmedia: device not supported > > > > typing just > > ifconfig de0 > > in the last line says that: > > supported media: autoselect 100BaseTX <full-duplex> 100BaseTX > > > > So why is 100BaseTX there twice? > > One is with the full-duplex option, and one is without. > > > Also, is this my network card that doesn't support 10baseT or can i force > > it to run at 10mbs somehow? > > (network card bought from infotel , has a digital chip on it). > > You don't. Your card is 100mbit-only. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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