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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
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Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas)
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References: <4terb3$2fu@dot.cstone.net>
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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.
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Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
3am Software Foundry      WWW URL:    http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html
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