hme driver acting strangely

[Wafa M. Hadidi]

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Hello,

On Friday 05 March 2004 21:21, Jason Mann wrote:
> I have further information on this issue now.
>
> I've just fitted a Sun qfe card to the machine, and the 4 ports are
> detected as hme2 thru hme5.
>
> This card does appear to negotiate full-duplex mode with the switch, and my
> services can still listen on udp ports on that interface when it is in this
> mode.
>
> If I try forcing full-duplex, the problem comes back.
>
> So, to summarise:
>
> - Old hme's won't auto negotiate, confirming Tom's comment. Only way to get
>   them in full-duplex mode is to force it.

I am running FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #0: Mon Jan 12 09:04:03 EET 2004 on an Ultra60 box with a built-in Happy Meal NIC. It auto-negotiates "100baseTX full-duplex", UDP services are working fine also.
>
> - New hme's/qfe's DO auto negotiate, so theres no need to force them to
>   full-duplex.
>
> - Any time you force full-duplex on an hme driven interface, udp ports
>   can't be listened on.

I just had a test, I enforced the full-duplex and restarted bind, it also worked just fine.
>
> So, it's not a problem for me anymore, but theres still something odd going
> on.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jason

good luck,
- - Wafa
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