Re: Forcing re driver to 1000baseT = no connection? (4.4 release)

2008-12-13 Thread Henning Brauer
* Josh Archambault j...@snowplow.org [2008-11-20 18:12]: At 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s there are good reasons to fix media speed and duplex no. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated

Forcing re driver to 1000baseT = no connection? (4.4 release)

2008-11-20 Thread Whyzzi
Just wondering if anyone else on the list that has a realtek 8169s and running 4.4 release and able to run a GigE connection from their OpenBSD box to another GigE device, if they can maintain a complete connection when they force the re driver via ifconfig to 1000baseT. Incase you are wondering

Re: Forcing re driver to 1000baseT = no connection? (4.4 release)

2008-11-20 Thread Josh Archambault
Whyzzi wrote: Just wondering if anyone else on the list that has a realtek 8169s and running 4.4 release and able to run a GigE connection from their OpenBSD box to another GigE device, if they can maintain a complete connection when they force the re driver via ifconfig to 1000baseT. Incase

Re: Forcing re driver to 1000baseT = no connection? (4.4 release)

2008-11-20 Thread Whyzzi
Might simply be a bad card or even a bad setup, but I *believe* there might be a problem with the re driver and was looking for some external collaboration. I didn't think there was a need for a cross-over cable. I tossed it in there trying to be thorough. Thanks for the response! If this is

Re: Forcing re driver to 1000baseT = no connection? (4.4 release)

2008-11-20 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-11-20, Whyzzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't think there was a need for a cross-over cable. I tossed it in there trying to be thorough. Some chips disable auto MDI/MDI-X when autoneg is forced. in those cases you can't use a standard cable, you'll need a specially wired cable (both

Re: Forcing re driver to 1000baseT = no connection? (4.4 release)

2008-11-20 Thread Dieter
Just wondering if anyone else on the list that has a realtek 8169s and running 4.4 release and able to run a GigE connection from their OpenBSD box to another GigE device, if they can maintain a complete connection when they force the re driver via ifconfig to 1000baseT. Might simply be a