Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 18:24:42 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Macronix NIC not up to snuff? Message-ID: <20000828182441.H8519@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <39AAE64E.96584FB8@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:23:10PM -0600 References: <20000828165847.A9262@numachi.com> <20000828170838.J33771@jade.chc-chimes.com> <20000828173009.G8519@numachi.com> <39AAE64E.96584FB8@softweyr.com>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:23:10PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > > Force them with media or mediaopt, and force the duplex and speed > > > on the cisco and see if that helps. > > > > This might be a useful workaraound (which I'll try later), but it > > doesn't clear my worries that it's the NIC+OS combination that's > > wonky... > > No, it's the combination of the PHY on the switch vs. the PHY on the NIC. > What he gave you isn't a workaround, it's a solution to an endemic problem: > autodetection often doesn't work. If it doesn't work, no amount of wanting > it to work is going to fix the problem, so go fix the problem. Ok, I concede. I guess I'm lucky: the hundreds of combinations of NICs and switches/hubs I'm messed with over the years never gave this grief. Thanks for the advice, everyone... > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert reichert@numachi.com 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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