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From: Sarah Bartlett <sarah@BLaCKSMITH.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 97 17:10:55 -0500
To: dg@root.com
Subject: Re: four-port ethernet card compatible with freebsd 
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> To: sarah@BLaCKSMITH.com
> cc: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, phk@critter.freebsd.dk,
> freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: four-port ethernet card
> compatible with freebsd
> In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 14 Nov 1997 14:58:17 EST."
> <199711141958.OAA03148@mccullers.blacksmith.com>
> From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
> Reply-To: dg@root.com
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:24:26 -0800
> Sender: root@implode.root.com
>
>    There shouldn't be any input errors - this is indicating that something
> is
wrong. The version of the driver in 2.1.6 doesn't support full duplex,
> but
the card will try to negotiate it in any case. If you have the machine
> connected to a switch, then this is likely the problem. You'll need to
> configure the switch port to half duplex or upgrade to the current release
> of FreeBSD (which supports full duplex operation).
>
Thanks for the response.  Our server is connected to a 100mb hub and not a  
switch, so I don't think that's the problem. My co-worker's machine, which is  
having a similar problem, is also not plugged into a switch or to another  
machine directly.  Any other suggestions?  This is not something we've seen  
before.

Thanks,
Sarah