Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 13:38:57 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: jsa@pen.homeip.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I shut off auto-negotiation on my NIC Message-ID: <200205051338.57729.mark.rowlands@minmail.net> In-Reply-To: <200205050610.g456AdH06620@pen.homeip.net> References: <ENEDKLCMHCJNPBEJJMJACEKACCAA.jheath@scientificdevices.com> <200205050610.g456AdH06620@pen.homeip.net>
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On Sunday 05 May 2002 8:10 am, John Andersen wrote: > On Friday 03 May 2002 09:59 am, Jeff Heath wrote: > > I'm a newbie to BSD. Installed 4.0 GENERIC on a Dell Optiplex with a > > 3Com 3c905b Ethernet card. > > > > If I connect the BSD machine to my Cisco 2610 router. It won't > > auto-negotiate to 10MB half-duplex > > > > Also, if I connect the BSD machine to the Cisco 2610 router after it > > negotiated to 10MB half-duplex, all is well. > > This is Cisco's fault. Their switches and routers just don't get along > with many auto-negotiate nics. But I doub't 3com is blameless > either. Often plugging a dumb hub beween the nic and the > router will solve the problem. > > I think ifconfig does some of these tasks. /sbin/ifconfig xl0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt half-duplex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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