From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 24 05:29:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA11818 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 05:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA11810 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 05:29:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) id HAA04933; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 07:29:35 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199706241229.HAA04933@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B To: sdd@ccd.tas.gov.au (Scott Donovan) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 07:29:35 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970624125542.00914b00@falcon.pacit.tas.gov.au> from Scott Donovan at "Jun 24, 97 12:55:42 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Scott Donovan said: > > I have 2.2.1-RELEASE installed and running (with adaptec driver patches) > and I would like to run the Intel Enter Express in full duplex, is this a > situation where the card and switch will auto sense ?? Or do I have to > provide a flag with ifconfig or similar to select which mode I want on the > network card? It should auto-sense. At least it did for me. I have a 2.2.2 and a 2.1.7.1 machines into a BayStack and the FDx light comes right up. I had some brief stats from ftp's on the links, but have thrown them out. You won't get 10x the throughput, but it does go up. Paul. -- The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office. --Robert Frost -