Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:04:51 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Yusuf Goolamabbas <yusufg@outblaze.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Understanding ifconfig output Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10002210846590.790-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <20000221113504.385.qmail@yusufg.portal2.com>
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Simplex means the Ethernet card can't see its own broadcast packets (I think), otherwise all the other information shows the card is un 100Base-TX full duplex mode. On 21 Feb 2000, Yusuf Goolamabbas wrote: > Here's some sample output from one of my machines (3.4-stable) which > has an Intel EEPro 100 attached to a Bay 350 switch > > fxp0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > <ip address deleted> > ether 00:90:27:8d:49:7b > media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active > supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX > 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP > > My question is , does SIMPLEX mean that the card is in half duplex > mode, However the media line seems to indicate that the connection to > the swithc is full duplex > > What is the recommended way to determine link speed from a machine to > a hub/switch. (e.g A colo provider claims that there is 100 Mbit card > in the box and one would want to verify that) > > Regards, Yusuf > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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