Subject: Re: how to view interface's media options?
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Greg MATTHEWS <G.Matthews@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/07/2002 10:47:52
if its non-pnp (eg dlink 220) you'll have to use the manufacturers setup
software. in the case of the dlink de220 you can fit this on a windows boot
disk so its a simple case of booting into it from floppy.
GREG
> How can I detect my ne device media options?
>
> I see from the following that it is probably configured via card jumpers
> (or maybe some vendor software).
>
> $ ifconfig -m ne0
> ne0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> address: 00:40:05:6e:04:2a
> media: Ethernet manual
> supported Ethernet media:
> media manual
> inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> inet6 fe80::240:5ff:fe6e:42a%ne0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>
>
> I'm trying to figure out if this ne0 is configured as half- or
> full-duplex. I assume it is full-duplex, because when sending to other
> systems with half-duplex (no switch) it is two to three times slower than
> when receiving. (Sometimes it justs stalls.)
>
> (Also, it seems like "netstat -i" always shows zero collisions but my
> other systems show collisions on same network.)
>
> Jeremy C. Reed
> http://www.reedmedia.net/
>