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Date:      Sat, 4 May 2002 22:10:39 -0800
From:      John Andersen <jsa@pen.homeip.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How do I shut off auto-negotiation on my NIC
Message-ID:  <200205050610.g456AdH06620@pen.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <ENEDKLCMHCJNPBEJJMJACEKACCAA.jheath@scientificdevices.com>
References:  <ENEDKLCMHCJNPBEJJMJACEKACCAA.jheath@scientificdevices.com>

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On Friday 03 May 2002 09:59 am, Jeff Heath wrote:
> I'm a newbie to BSD.  Installed 4.0 GENERIC on a Dell Optiplex with a 3Com
> 3c905b Ethernet card.  
>
> If I connect the BSD machine to my Cisco 2610 router.  It won't
> auto-negotiate to 10MB half-duplex
>
> Also, if I connect the BSD machine to the Cisco 2610 router after it
> negotiated to 10MB half-duplex, all is well.

This is Cisco's fault.  Their switches and routers just don't get along
with many auto-negotiate nics.  But I doub't 3com is blameless
either.  Often plugging a dumb hub beween the nic and the
router will solve the problem.

I think ifconfig does some of these tasks.

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