Proper way to configure NIC in full duplex

[Nigel Soon]

Have a look at the man page for you nic i.e

man rl


On Sun, 04 May 2003, William Ashworth wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm using an r10 nic and have all the information already configured in
> rc.conf, however, transfer speeds are unusually slow (i.e., 55-60kbps when
> it SHOULD be somewhere near 1.00mbps+)
> 
> Someone told me that I might not be running the interface in full duplex.
> How can I determine this?  How can I fix it if I am not currently running in
> full duplex?
> 
> Any assistance is appreciated and below is the output of my interface
> information:
> 
> www# ifconfig rl0
> rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet 246.193.67.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 216.194.67.255
>         inet6 fe80::248:54ff:fe3d:350%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>         inet 66.51.100.209 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.210 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.211 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.212 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.213 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.214 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.215 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.216 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.217 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.218 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.219 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.220 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.221 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         inet 66.51.100.222 netmask 0xfffffff0 broadcast 66.51.100.223
>         ether 00:48:54:3d:03:50
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
>         status: active
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> William Ashworth
> will at pchammer.net
> 
> 
> 
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