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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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