Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 14:02:00 -0500 From: "Brandon S. DeYoung" <brandon@schoolpeople.net> To: "steinyv" <steinyv@skyweb.net> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B Message-ID: <011401bfe6b3$8018b2e0$82571c18@austin.rr.com> References: <SEN.962761648.66925296@news.sentex.net> <396314e1.253060712@mail.sentex.net>
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> >Hey all, I just received the critically acclaimed nics yesterday, I popped > >them in and it works. I have 2 questions. Is there a way to find out at > >what speed is the network working at (just to be sure that its at least > >near or at 100Mb). You can also use the "time" comand in conjuction with your favorite transfer protocol (ftp, scp, etc...) if you make a 400Mbit file and time it's transfer, that'll tell you what's really going on with the network. syntax example: # time scp ./somefile somecomputer.somedomain.com:/usr/tmp ~Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Tancsa" <mike@sentex.net> To: "steinyv" <steinyv@skyweb.net> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:00 AM Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B > On 4 Jul 2000 21:47:28 -0400, in sentex.lists.freebsd.hardware you wrote: > > >Hey all, I just received the critically acclaimed nics yesterday, I popped > >them in and it works. I have 2 questions. Is there a way to find out at > >what speed is the network working at (just to be sure that its at least > >near or at 100Mb). > > ifconfig > > e.g. > news# ifconfig -a | grep media > media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > media: 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > > > > Mike Tancsa (mdtancsa@sentex.net) > Sentex Communications Corp, > Waterloo, Ontario, Canada > "Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers > could setup a national IP network." (KDW2) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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