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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:36:19 +1030
From:      "Rob" <listone@deathbeforedecaf.net>
To:        "Frank" <frank@bart.esiee.fr>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: how to force network interface ?
Message-ID:  <000601c3df3d$0da56c90$a4b826cb@goo>
References:  <20040120104645.A18458@bart.esiee.fr>

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Frank asked on Tue Jan 20, 2004:

>
> I have a HP Proliant DL380 with two broadcomm 10/100/1000 RJ45 interfaces
> my problem is the interface does not negociate properly with the switch
> interface ( Alcatel 7700 ) and each time I start the server the DUPLEX
mode
> is set to HALF that I do not want.
>
> The speed is correctly set to 100
>
> How to set the interface ( bge0 ) to full duplex manually ?
>
> The machine runs 4.9-R
>

>From reading ifconfig(8) and bge(4), it looks like you should add

  mediaopt full-duplex

to the end of your ifconfig_bge0 entry in /etc/rc.conf.



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