Re: Problems with media/mediaopt Called from /etc/netstart

[Dan <dans@danbsd.a.la>]

Do use auto connect if you plan to connect to cisco 4XXX switches.
I just wont work, and you'll endup eating lots of crc errors.
i have tried RealTech, inter and 3com

On Mon, 3 May 2004 08:29:43 -0400, Christopher Linn <celinn@mtu.edu> wrote:

> On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 07:02:50PM -0400, Adam wrote:
>> On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 02:49:48PM -0500, vxla@nxio.us wrote:
> [...]
>> > $ cat hostname.sis0
>> > inet 172.16.0.8 netmask 255.255.255.128 media 100baseTX media-opt  
>> full-duplex
>>
>> "media" isn't a valid broadcast address.  You still need the NONE in
>> there before the extra options.  You already know about the other 2
>> mistakes obviously.
>
> yup, here's one i have in production:
>
> $ cat /etc/hostname.hme0
> inet 192.168.245.222 255.255.255.0 192.168.245.255 media 10baseT  
> mediaopt full-duplex
> inet6 dead:beef::9f 64 media 10baseT mediaopt full-duplex
> $ ifconfig hme0
> hme0: flags=8063<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 08:00:20:79:52:f9
>         media: Ethernet 10baseT full-duplex (10baseT)
>         status: active
>         inet 192.168.245.222 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.245.255
>         inet6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe79:52f9%hme0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
>         inet6 dead:beef::9f prefixlen 64
> $
>
> (i hope i didn't make any typos while "sanitizing" the addresses  ;*)
> (no i do not have a `-' in "mediaopt".)
>
>> But apart from that, I would recommend you just leave them on  
>> autodetect on
>> both the switch and the openbsd machines.  Do your job on assuming the
>> person who will take over after you is a violent person who knows where
>> you live.
>>
>> Adam
>
> good point.  in nearly every case, i have seen auto-negotiation work
> fine.  in the case of my hme interface above, these old things always
> had a problem autonegotiating even under solaris.  my plan is to change
> to using an le(4) SBus card so i don't have to worry about which switch
> port the thing is plugged into and having to hard-set the full-dulpex.
> (yes, some of us still do have to run 10Mbit networks here and there...)
>
> cheers,
>
> chris
>



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