Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:13:17 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: dg@root.com Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to set fxp0 to half-duplex? [was: nfs tuning] Message-ID: <199909222113.AA279044798@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:51:09 PDT." <199909222051.NAA11987@implode.root.com>
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> The fxp device does default to auto-sense, but if you hard configure the >other end then [NWAY] autonegotiation is disabled, and thus whenever you do >that you have to set both ends if you want to be sure it is correct. The >default without autonegotiation is half-duplex. No kidding. This is not what I was told when I first encountered multi-speed multi-duplex network devices, but it certainly explains a lot of seemingly strange observations since then. Funny how much easier it to get ahold of bad advise than good... Thanks! -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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