Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 02:09:00 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Todd Backman <todd@flyingcroc.net> Cc: Max Neo Yew Hwee <maxnyh@singnet.com.sg>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: configure 100BaseT Message-ID: <37CE3EAC.9CA426A9@bigfoot.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909020018220.12304-100000@wank.necropolis.org>
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Oops. Right you are! When I was looking at the ifconfig manpage, I saw the "mediaopt" parameter but not the "media" parameter. mediaopts _can_ take a comma delimited list, but multiple options wouldn't work/make sense for the options the xl driver has. --Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> Todd Backman wrote: > > I may be wrong but I think that 'mediaopt' is used for setting the duplex > modes. Also not sure if you can use commas in the ifconfig line... You may > want to try: > > ifconfig_xl0="inet 172.16.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100basetx > mediaopt full-duplex" > > - Todd > > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Ludwig Pummer wrote: > > > Well, if you're currently using the 3c905, then I suppose you already > > have a line in rc.conf that begins with ifconfig_xl0. You simply need to > > add "mediaopt 100baseTX,full-duplex", so you get a line that looks > > something like: (substituting your IP address and netmask, of course) > > > > ifconfig_xl0="inet 172.16.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 mediaopt > > 100baseTX,full-duplex" > > > > --Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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