On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:46:15 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 07:01 AM 6/3/2007, you wrote: >> I have just installed FreeBSD and found that the nic em0 is set to >> half-duplex only. Could anyone tell me how I can switch it to >> full-duplex? >> media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>) > > You should be more concerned that it is only at 10Mb. I'm not sure > if the old 10bT protocol even supported full duplex. You definitely > need a switch rather than hub to run full duplex, and 100Mb or better > may also be required. Once you have that it should auto-detect and > enable full duplex, if your other hardware is capable.
Auto-negotiation will work only if the other end (ie, the switch) is set to auto-negotiate. Otherwise the FreeBSD host will set itself to half duplex. -jav _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
