change mediaopt of NIC to full-duplex
Tobias Fendin
tobias.fendin at telia.com
Mon Jul 25 15:17:39 GMT 2005
Gavin McDougall wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I need to set my network cards (Intel Pro 1000) to full-duplex.
>
> I tried using ifconfig with the mediaopt option which worked, but only
> temporarily.
>
> I then downloaded mii-tool 'cos it wasn't in the ports collection but it
> just gives me critical errors when I try to compile it.
>
> Is there possibly another method that I can use on my FreeBSD server to
> permanently change my NIC settings to full-duplex?
>
> Thanks,
> Gavin
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set the mediaopt in your rc.conf
example:
ifconfig_xl0="blah blah mediaopt full-duplex"
-Tobias
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