collisions means half duplex if you don't want them, do something like this with your fbsd box; #in rc.conf ifconfig_bge0="inet 192.168.141.90 netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex" and your switch must be set on 100 fdx also.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 04:55:41PM +0200, Toni Schmidbauer wrote: :On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:20:34AM -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: :> For the first time within the past few days, I've noticed collisions being :> the switch or the NIC is the culprit, so not sure which component may need : :you should also check if the nic and switch are both running the :same speed, or if autonegotiation is enabled. in the company i am :working for, we are always having problems if the switch runs :100fdx and the nic auto-neg or vice versa. on cisco switches its :generally recommended to disable auto neg for servers. : :toni :-- :Behandle die Menschen, als wären sie, was sie sein | [EMAIL PROTECTED] :sollten, und du wirst ihnen helfen, zu werden, was | Toni Schmidbauer :sie sein können. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"