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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!not-for-mail From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Fast Ether 21140 malfunction Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 18:31:46 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <338555F2.205D@OntheNet.com.au> References: <33819C22.41C67EA6@iaehv.nl> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: Geert-Jan Plattel <plattel@iaehv.nl> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41484 Geert-Jan Plattel wrote: > > I try to install the 21140A with FreeBSD 2.2Beta. In my BSDbox there's > also a ed0 device... While probing the de0 the 100Mbps switches off, > while the HUB connection LED lits... > > Why doesn't the hub think so? The hub is ok though. I think the output > by ifconfig is not ok. There is a "-link ?" switch argument to ifconfig that can 'force' the de driver to put the port into a certain mode. The values are 0, 1, or 2 and I think that 2 forces it to 100 Mbps mode! This switch can be put into your sysconfig/rc.conf de0 config entry. Tony Btw, what are you doing with 2.2Beta? FreeBSD 2.2.1 has been out for some time and there is now a 2.2.2 available. I suggest that you upgrade asap!