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Date:      Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:26:41 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        ckwen <ckwen@eembox.ee.ncku.edu.tw>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can two fast ethernet cards work in a freebsd box ?
Message-ID:  <380941F1.17A49348@softweyr.com>
References:  <199910161104.TAA26753@eembox.ee.ncku.edu.tw>

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ckwen wrote:
> 
> Thanks to Wes Peters and Martin Machacek.
> Now the hub's 100 Mbps LED goes on again after the execution
> of ifconfig command. The parameters I set in ifconfig are
>      "media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex."
> Neither of them can be omitted.
> I'll observe for some days to see if the link becomes unstable or
> not after I force it to work with 100baseTX/full-duplex mode.

If you're plugging it into a hub rather than a switch and using full duplex, 
you're extremely lucky it's working at all.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/




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