check NIC status command

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Peter Kok wrote:

> Hi all
>
> What command in freebsd I can check the NIC status (full duplex or not)?
>
> I made it in the rc.conf and force NIC in full duplex but why it can't 
> communiate to linux as full duplex when using cross cable?
>
> In linux, there is mii-tools
>
> Thank you
>

#ifconfig
xl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>
        inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
        inet6 fe80::210:5aff:fee4:b104%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
        ether 00:10:5a:e4:b1:04
        media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
        status: active

HTH,

Kevin Kinsey