Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:45:26 -0800 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Juniper e3k with ports limitied to 100Mbit and re NICs on MSI MoBo: problems with duplex negotiation (Hetzner host provider discard FreeBSD support due this bug) Message-ID: <20110111224526.GD6278@michelle.cdnetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <149076940.20110112003110@serebryakov.spb.ru> References: <1512738982.20110111124729@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20110111200007.GC6278@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <149076940.20110112003110@serebryakov.spb.ru>
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:31:10AM +0300, Lev Serebryakov wrote: > Hello, Pyun. > You wrote 11 января 2011 г., 23:00:07: > > > rgephy(4) currently always use auto-negotiation to work-around link > > establishment issues reported in past. > I think, it is the root of the problem. Autonegotiation is DISABLED on > these ports. I think, some additional mediaopt (like > force-half-duplex) for rgephy(4) will be solution. > > > For your case, the only way to address the issue at this moment is > > to use auto-negotiation but that would establish 1000baseT link > > which would add cost for you. Alternatively request half-duplex > > configuration to the provider to get a agreed link duplex. > Maybe, adding new mediaopt is not very hard? Or is it? > That had been supported for long time. Just remove full-duplex media option in your manual configuration.
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