[TriLUG] Re: setting full duplex

[3y3 at earthlink.net]

Oops, I guess I've been using OpenBSD too much lately.  
OpenBSD allows you change all the settings with ifconfig.
It works flawlessly with my 3c905c.
Sorry for the confusion.

> 3y3 at earthlink.net wrote:
> man ifconfig 
> 
>       media type
>               Set  the  physical port or medium type to be used by the device.
>               Not all devices can change this setting, and those that can vary
>               in  what  values  they  support.   Typical  values  for type are
>               10base2 (thin Ethernet), 10baseT (twisted-pair 10Mbps Ethernet),
>               AUI  (external  transceiver) and so on.  The special medium type
>               of auto can be used to tell the driver to auto-sense the  media.
>               Again, not all drivers can do this.

This won't do it.  The media type selector is for choosing a particular 
physical media, not speed/duplex.

--[Lance]