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Date:      Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:04:31 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Geoff Buckingham <geoffb@chuggalug.clues.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: de500 duplex settings in 5.0
Message-ID:  <20030402120431.GA15344@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20030402122536.GA33078@chuggalug.clues.com>
References:  <20030402122536.GA33078@chuggalug.clues.com>

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On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:25:36PM +0100, Geoff Buckingham wrote:

What is the SRM variable ewa0_mode set to? (or ewb0_mode 
if your DE500 is the 2nd NIC etc)

Wilko

> Yesterday I discovered that the de500 in my AS800 
> has been running at 10baseT/UTP, half duplex since
> I installed 5.0.
> 
> 'ifconfig de0 media X mediaopt Y'
> 
> seems to work and ifconfig shows the new setting in
> effect, however the switch port is still at 10baseT
> and half duplex. Setting the switch port to agree
> with the new setting (100baseTX full-duplex) breaks
> connectivity. However if the switch is left alone the
> link continues to run at 10baseT half duplex, allthough
> ifconfig reports 100baseTX full-duplex.
> 
> It would seem ifconfig media has no effect on the physical
> interface.
> 
> I tried replacing the nic with another de500, which had
> the same problem. Using a dc card fixed this.
> 
> Searching through the mailing list I saw one person with
> the same what looked like the same problem, they had also
> switched nics to fix the problem.
> 
> Is this a known problem? I don't want to raise a PR for
> something that is fixed. 
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