Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 22:45:46 +0000 From: Chris <kingsqueak@kingsqueak.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?=22Fred?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Condo=22?= <fred@condo.chico.ca.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet: full-duplex =?iso-8859-1?q?how=3F?= Message-ID: <200009210245.e8L2jke60186@pinnacle.kingsqueak.org> In-Reply-To: <20000920193159.B25503@absinthe.condo.chico.ca.us>
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ifconfig fxp0 down ifconfig fxp0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex ifconfig fxp0 up Add the options to /etc/rc.conf for the next bootup too stick from media* on the end of the ifconfig_fxp0=" entry -- ----------------- > I have a system with an IntelPro Ethernet card, which purports to > support full-duplex (reformatted for legibility): > > # ifconfig fxp0 > fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet XXX.YYY.236.105 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast > XXX.YYY.239.255 > inet6 fe80::2d0:b7ff:fe65:d038%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > atalk 12174.21 range 12174-12174 phase 2 broadcast 0.255 > ether 00:d0:b7:65:d0:38 > media: autoselect (100baseTX) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > > But trying to set full-duplex results in an error: > > # ifconfig fxp0 mediaopt full-duplex > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured > > My workaround is to have our network staff change my port on the > switch to half-duplex, but I'm hoping to learn how to do this for > future reference. Thanks. > > System is: > > FreeBSD foo.example.com 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #1: Thu Jul 27 > 19:07:54 PDT 2000 fred@foo.example.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/FOO > i386 > -- > Fred Condo + fred@condo.chico.ca.us > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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