Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:49:44 -0400 From: Michael Toth <freebsd.mtoth@queldor.net> To: "Gelsema, P \(Patrick\) - FreeBSD" <freebsd@superhero.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFE setting manually to 1000baseT and half duplex Message-ID: <484B1088.6030905@queldor.net> In-Reply-To: <56297.82.95.198.17.1212870050.squirrel@webmail.superhero.nl> References: <56297.82.95.198.17.1212870050.squirrel@webmail.superhero.nl>
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Hi, You should be doing # ifconfig nfe0 10.202.77.110 media 1000baseTX <--- note the 'X' Gelsema, P (Patrick) - FreeBSD wrote: > Hi List, > > I am using the nfe driver on Freebsd 7.0R and I am unable to change the > NIC driver manually to 1000baseT with half-duplex. I believe I am not > getting the max out of my network connection and want to see if changing > the duplex will help. > > hulk# ifconfig nfe0 10.202.77.110 media 100baseTX > hulk# ifconfig nfe0 > nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > ether 00:18:f3:9f:f1:b4 > inet6 fe80::218:f3ff:fe9f:f1b4%nfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 10.202.77.113 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.202.77.255 > inet 10.202.77.114 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.202.77.255 > inet 10.202.77.76 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.202.77.255 > inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > inet 10.202.77.110 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255 > media: Ethernet 100baseTX (1000baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > > Why between () the 1000baseTX? Is that the actual speed? The maximum speed? > > hulk# ifconfig nfe0 10.202.77.110 media 1000baseT > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > > man nfe says this is possible. > > hulk# ifconfig nfe0 10.202.77.110 media autoselect > hulk# ifconfig nfe0 > nfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > ether 00:18:f3:9f:f1:b4 > inet6 fe80::218:f3ff:fe9f:f1b4%nfe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 10.202.77.114 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.202.77.255 > inet 10.202.77.76 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.202.77.255 > inet 192.168.0.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > inet 10.202.77.110 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 10.255.255.255 > media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseTX <full-duplex>) > status: active > > hulk# ifconfig nfe0 mediaopt half-duplex > No errors but cant see if it works. > > Question is, why cant I just do the following; > hulk# ifconfig nfe0 media 1000baseT mediaopt half-duplex > > pciconf -lv > nfe0@pci0:0:7:0: class=0x068000 card=0x82341043 chip=0x03ef10de > rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Nvidia Corp' > device = 'MCP61 Ethernet' > class = bridge > > hulk# uname -a > FreeBSD hulk.superhero.nl 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #1: Sun Feb 24 > 14:37:26 CET 2008 admin@hulk.superhero.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > amd64 > hulk# > > Thanks and regards, > > Patrick > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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