Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:21:46 -0400 From: James <james@towardex.com> To: Christopher McCrory <chrismcc@pricegrabber.com> Cc: James <haesu@towardex.com> Subject: Re: em driver problem with intel pro 1000xf - force 100/full Message-ID: <20040829182146.GA77336@scylla.towardex.com> In-Reply-To: <1093801495.14384.1.camel@wednesday.pricegrabber.com> References: <1093753691.8153.24.camel@wednesday.pricegrabber.com> <20040829074656.GA93946@scylla.towardex.com> <1093801495.14384.1.camel@wednesday.pricegrabber.com>
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On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 10:44:56AM -0700, Christopher McCrory wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 00:46, James wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 09:28:11PM -0700, Christopher McCrory wrote:
> > > Hello...
> > >
> > > I am trying to use an Intel Pro 1000xf (Multimode fiber/SC connector)
> > > card on a FreeBSD 4.10 system. The switch (not mine) I need to talk to
> > > is not configured for auto-negotiation, but forced to 100/full. It is a
> > > requirement on my side to be able to do this also. My (copper) Intel and broadcom
> > > NICs do this fine, but the 1000xf errors out.
> > >
> > > ix# ifconfig em0 media 100BaseTX mediaopt full-duplex
> > > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured
> > > ix# ifconfig em0 media 100BaseSX mediaopt full-duplex
> >
> > There is no such standard that calls for 100BaseSX.
> >
> > Try 100BaseFX and see if it works for ya...
>
> Thanks for replying.
>
> ix# ifconfig em0 media 100BaseFX mediaopt full-duplex
> ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured
try 100baseTX with exact case sensitivity. i.e. lower-case 'b' and upper-case 'TX'.
from man 4 em:
autoselect Enables auto-negotiation for speed and duplex.
10baseT/UTP Sets 10Mbps operation. Use the mediaopt option to select
full-duplex mode.
100baseTX Sets 100Mbps operation. Use the mediaopt option to select
full-duplex mode.
1000baseSX Sets 1000Mbps operation. Only full-duplex mode is supported
at this speed.
1000baseTX Sets 1000Mbps operation. Only full-duplex mode is supported
at this speed.
The em driver supports the following media options:
full-duplex Forces full-duplex operation
half-duplex Forces half-duplex operation.
Only use mediaopt to set the driver to full-duplex. If mediaopt is not
specified, the driver defaults to half-duplex.
If that doesn't work either, I am not sure if XF fiber intel gig-e cards are
capable of 100Mbps.
HTH,
-J
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