Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 14:21:59 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gavin=20Kenny?= <gavinkenny@yahoo.co.uk> To: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xe problems [was: Re: what is /var/empty] Message-ID: <20030512132159.79861.qmail@web41712.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20030512130746.GA76571@tuatara.fishballoon.org>
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if I type (as root) ifconfig xe0 media 100baseTX/UTP I get: ifconfig: unknown media subtype: 100baseTX/UTP I've had a look at the xe source and I think the command should be just 100baseTX but I am definatly no expert. Does anyone know how to force your xircom CE3 cards up to 100Mbps? --- Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 11:37:46AM +0100, Gavin > Kenny wrote: > > I have tried but I am not confident I am getting > the > > command right. > > > > To force into 100Mbps I type as root: > > > > ifconfig xe0 media 100baseTX > > > > the result I get is: > > > > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Invalid argument > > > > What should I type? > > I think it should be 100baseTX/UTP. I'm not near a > machine I can check > that on right now though. > > > many thanks > > > > Gavin > > > > p.s. did the FBSD4.4 version of the xe driver > support > > 100Mbps as well? > > It's supported 100Mbps since it was first committed > back in 3.x days. > There haven't been any significant changes since > 4.1. Your card is being > attached sucessfully and recognised as a 100Mbps > card, so it should be > fine. Flaky autonegotiation is the most likely > reason for it not to work. > > Scott > > -- > =========================================================================== > Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may > soar, but weasels > Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get > sucked into jet engines" > scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer
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