** Reply to note from Clark Gaylord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:46:06 -0500
> It used to be the case that mediaopt half-duplex worked. It stopped
> working at some point (I don't recall exactly when ... somewhere
> between 4.0 and 4.2 I think),
So this IS a bug.
> but it seems that this is the default
> (as it should be) if you specify 10baseT/UTP.
Just wish the man page would say this.
> I would be concerned
> that the -full-duplex setting might actually be setting to *use*
> full-duplex, not turn it off. Check the src on this; clearly the
> man page is just plain wrong.
Well, it's been working for a couple of weeks now, so I guess -full-duplex turns it
off.
> > _ autoselecting the media obviously does not work correctly, does it?
>
> Autoselect of duplex gets it right, in general, about 51.045% of
> the time, and should be considered an Evil Spawn of Satan (ESS).
Did not know this. I always used autoselect in a lot of computers with various OSes
and
different NICs, and this is the first time I had any problem.
> When you say full-duplex doesn't work are you saying that the driver
> barfs at the mention of it or that your NIC does not work properly
> when it is set (which is correct, as your modem is hdx).
I don't remember the exact message (and I don't have the box here now), but it was
ifconfig
that just refused the option (seemed that it could not get the driver to accept it).
> Does it
> accept the parameter when the card is set to 100 (while fdx 10 does
> exist, it is less common, and I have seen drivers/NICs that only support
> fdx at 100Mbps)?
Didn't have the chance to try.
Bye & Thanks
av.
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