Re: how to force network interface ?

2004-01-20 Thread Frank
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:46:35AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote:
> Are you sure all your down stream switches and hubs are full-duplex?
> If one is not, it will force the whole leg to it's setting.

yes I am sure 

I have tested the 3 possibility
I am able to parameter on my switch

half
full
auto

in any case the interface always comes up
in HALF DUPLEX on the server...

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RE: how to force network interface ?

2004-01-20 Thread fbsd_user
Are you sure all your down stream switches and hubs are full-duplex?
If one is not, it will force the whole leg to it's setting.

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Subject: Re: how to force network interface ?

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 08:36:19PM +1030, Rob wrote:

> >From reading ifconfig(8) and bge(4), it looks like you should add
>
>   mediaopt full-duplex
>
> to the end of your ifconfig_bge0 entry in /etc/rc.conf.
>

Well this doesn't seems to work
it seems to break the interface
and I cannot ping the machine anymore.
removing the option make things goes
better BUT it is set to HALF DUPLEX
again ( aargh )

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Re: how to force network interface ?

2004-01-20 Thread Frank
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 08:36:19PM +1030, Rob wrote:

> >From reading ifconfig(8) and bge(4), it looks like you should add
> 
>   mediaopt full-duplex
> 
> to the end of your ifconfig_bge0 entry in /etc/rc.conf.
> 

Well this doesn't seems to work 
it seems to break the interface
and I cannot ping the machine anymore.
removing the option make things goes
better BUT it is set to HALF DUPLEX
again ( aargh )

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Re: how to force network interface ?

2004-01-20 Thread Rob
Frank asked on Tue Jan 20, 2004:

>
> I have a HP Proliant DL380 with two broadcomm 10/100/1000 RJ45 interfaces
> my problem is the interface does not negociate properly with the switch
> interface ( Alcatel 7700 ) and each time I start the server the DUPLEX
mode
> is set to HALF that I do not want.
>
> The speed is correctly set to 100
>
> How to set the interface ( bge0 ) to full duplex manually ?
>
> The machine runs 4.9-R
>

>From reading ifconfig(8) and bge(4), it looks like you should add

  mediaopt full-duplex

to the end of your ifconfig_bge0 entry in /etc/rc.conf.

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