From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 18 10:32:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dros.delnoch.net (dros.delnoch.net [209.122.24.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F049514C38 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 1999 10:32:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeffi@rcn.com) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by dros.delnoch.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02740; Sun, 18 Jul 1999 13:34:36 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: dros.delnoch.net: jeff owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 13:34:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Ito X-Sender: jeff@dros.delnoch.net To: Tim Walker Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: de0 duplex... In-Reply-To: <3791CD1A.C88129F0@cyberghost.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have three other identical DEC cards running in different OSes that the (Linksys) switch recognizes is running at full duplex. I even pulled one of these cards and replaced the one in my FBSD box to see if that would help (by chance), and there is still no change. Other suggestions? Jeff > Jeff, > > This may or may not be the problem, but some (3 Com comes to mind) > switches don't always recognize full duplex cards correctly. If you put a hub > between the Nic and the Switch you may be able to trick the Switch into > running correctly at full duplex. > > Tim Walker > > Jeff Ito wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am having a problem with my DEC ethernet card. (DC21142 (rev.48)), > > using media and mediaopt, I am forcing the card to run at 100baseTX > > (full-duplex). The kernel messages, as well as ifconfig indicate that it > > thinks it is running at full-duplex. Yet the switch it is plugged into > > indicates otherwise. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to > > how I can rectify this problem. > > It's not the port on the switch, other cards will work at full duplex > > on that port. And just to take precation I swapped out the card with > > another just like it, and the symptoms are the same. > > > > Any input would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Jeff > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message