One other thing to check...  I seem to recall (hazily, sorry!) that there
was some period of time post-1.3, at least a few months ago (such that
1.3I may be affected)  during which the de driver was broken (more than
usual).  

I recall seeing some bad problems on my Alphastation 200 which went away
upon moving to a more recent kernel.  Someone who remembers this better
than I may wish to comment...

+j

On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:24:44PM -0400, Paul H. Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> 
> > On Fri Apr  9 18:05:00 1999, Paul H. Anderson wrote:
> >
> > Please show us the ifconfig de0 output.
> 
> This is typical of the machines I have, although atypical in the sense
> that this particular machine has two interfaces (it is a gateway between
> two private networks).
> 
> (de0 is plugged into a hub)
> de0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 00:00:f8:06:83:b8
>         media: Ethernet 100baseTX
>         status: active
>         inet 192.168.128.2 netmask 0xfffff800 broadcast 192.168.135.255
> (de0 is a 10/100 full duplex capable switch)
> de1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         address: 00:00:f8:08:aa:fd
>         media: Ethernet 100baseTX
>         status: active
>         inet 192.168.2.206 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
> 
> 
> > Do you have an switch which supports full-duplex, if yes then and try to use
> > 'media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex' and not autoselect.
> 
> I have one alpha plugged into both a switch and also a hub.  The hub side
> is what seems to be causing the performance problems.  When I use a simple
> crossover cable between two alphas (i.e. no hub or switch involved), I get
> the same behaviour.
> 
> > I have problems with the autoselect mode on my 164LX, see port-alpha/6807:
> > http://www.NetBSD.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=6807
> 
> I have a similar problem with my de0 that is plugged into my 10/100 
> switch.  However, the only way I've been able to get the link light back
> on is to unplug and reinsert the cable.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
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