In article <Pine.NXT.3.93.980123000607.3727J-100000@osbeta.asa.co.uk>,
	Sean Witham <Sean.Witham@asa.co.uk> writes:
> IS this a bug or feature ??

Probably a problem with your ethernet card.

> If I re-patch a 100TX de0 connection NetBSD 1.2 corectly reports that
> the link is down and suggests a connection problem. However after the
> link is re-patched the de0 device until I ifconfig de0 up the device.

I turn off my 100TX hub every night because the fan is quite noisy. If I
turn it on again in the morning my "router" (i386 with a D-Link DFE-500TX)
always recognizes the working link and activates 100TX mode automatically.

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Matthias Scheler                                http://home.owl.de/~tron/