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

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

Ops! Do NOT use auto.
DO Fix the port speed and duplex if you gonna connect to cisco 4XXX  
(tested on 4006/4506).


On Mon, 03 May 2004 15:35:38 +0300, Dan <dans@danbsd.a.la> wrote:

> 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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