Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 15:13:38 +0100 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> To: Troy Settle <rewt@i-Plus.net> Cc: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What would you do? Ethernet / Switches Message-ID: <19981120151338.F22024@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981120074556.15672D-100000@Radford.i-Plus.net>; from Troy Settle on Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 07:46:57AM -0500 References: <19981116102952.F15098@skriver.dk> <Pine.BSF.3.96.981120074556.15672D-100000@Radford.i-Plus.net>
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Something like ifconfig fxp0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex is what I'd guess from "man ifconfig" and "man fxp" Note: I havn't tried it, all my 100M full-duplex connected hosts is solaris boxes ... /Jesper On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 at 07:46:57AM -0500, Troy Settle wrote: > > > Stupid question for the day: > > How does one "lock" the settings on the Intel Etherexpress? I'd assume > that it's in ifconfig, but I haven't yet read the man page (off to do that > now :) > > -- > Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net> > Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services > http://www.i-Plus.net > > On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Jesper Skriver wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I *always* lock the duplex setting both on the switch and the > > host/router, my experience is that auto-sensing simply do not work ... > > > > Here everything that is capable of 100M full-duplex is locked at this > > setting, and the matching switch port is also locked at 100M > > full-duplex ... > > > > It's a bit of work initially, but it's far more stable ... > > > > /Jesper > > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 06:53:37PM -0800, Randy A. Katz wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've got around 70 machines with Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B adapters in > > > them and 9 Dlink DES3216 (10/100BaseTX switches, 16 ports). The switches > > > are set as Auto out of the box and that seems to work...for awhile... > > > > > > It seems at various intervals the LAN side of my router which is also an > > > Inter EtherExpress get input errors. I did a test and was able to have this > > > happen again by setting the main switch to 100BaseTX and full-duplex, this > > > caused the LAN side of that ethernet adapter to get errors...untill I > > > rebooted. > > > > > > So what does everybody else do? I forgot to add there are around 4-5 > > > machines that have 10-baseT ethernet adapters and the Auto never affects them. > > > > > > What would you do? Set everything on auto, set it half-duplex 100BaseTX or > > > full-duplex 100BaseTX...and why? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Randy Katz > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > /Jesper > > > > -- > > Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager > > Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292) > > > > One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, > > One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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