set gigabit card to lower speed on FreeBSD

Sreekanth sreekanth at redlinenetworks.com
Mon Apr 14 13:49:42 PDT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-net at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-net at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brooks Davis
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 1:40 PM
> To: kunchanl
> Cc: freebsd-net at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: set gigabit card to lower speed on FreeBSD
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 01:23:38PM -0700, kunchanl wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Do any of you know how I can force my Netgear GA620
> > gigabit ethernet card
> > to run at lower speed (eg. 100BT) on freebsd
> > 
> > from ifconfig, it seems I can only set the
> > card in 1000baseSX mode
> 
> This device can't support other modes.  In general fiber 
> gigabit adaptors only support gigabit speeds
	Gigabit "fiber" adapters.

Sreekanth
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