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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!depot.mro.dec.com!enomem.lkg.dec.com!usenet From: matt@3am-software.com (Matt Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SMC DEC 10/100 sometimes autoselects 10base-TX, How to stop? Date: 29 Jul 1996 14:15:33 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 19 Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Message-ID: <4tih25$v7o@enomem.lkg.dec.com> References: <4terb3$2fu@dot.cstone.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: netrix.lkg.dec.com In-Reply-To: <4terb3$2fu@dot.cstone.net> To: pauln@cstone.net (Paul Nguyen) In article <4terb3$2fu@dot.cstone.net>, pauln@cstone.net (Paul Nguyen) writes: >I am currently running 2.1.5REL. I have two machines with the same hardware >config, I have a 3com link builder and it is only 10base-T but on some >occasions when I reboot the machine, the kernel autodetects 10base-TX rather >than 10base-T. This is a really bad thing because if I remotely reboot the >machine, It does not get on the network if it autoselects 10-base-TX. Is >there anyway that I can specify which type of network it is. Can I >specifically tell it to pick 10-base-T rather than TX. This often happens and >it sucks. Thanks for any help! I sent you a new driver which this problem. However, until you compile a kernel with it, you use the -link2 flag with ifconfig to force 10baseT mode. -- Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message