Subject: Re: wm(4) does not autosense [10BaseT] media
To: Blair Sadewitz <blair.sadewitz@gmail.com>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/03/2006 12:04:23
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 21:53:44 -0500, "Blair Sadewitz"
<blair.sadewitz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this a known issue?
> 
> pcictl(8) output:
> 
> 001:00:0: Intel i82573E Gigabit Ethernet (ethernet network, revision 0x03)
> 
> ifconfig(8) output:
> 
> wm0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> 
> capabilities=2bf80<TSO4,IP4CSUM_Rx,IP4CSUM_Tx,TCP4CSUM_Rx,TCP4CSUM_Tx,UDP4CSUM_Rx,UDP4CSUM_Tx,TCP6CSUM_Tx,UDP6CSUM_Tx>
>         enabled=0
>         address: 00:16:76:be:71:6c
>         media: Ethernet 10baseT
>         status: active
>         inet 67.80.148.102 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 255.255.255.255
>         inet6 fe80::216:76ff:febe:716c%wm0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
> 
> The ifconfig output is after I set the media type manually.  If I do not do
> that, I [or it] cannot talk to my cable modem.  Of course, I pay extra for
> cable modem service that supposedly can peak at 30mbps down, so the fact
> that my modem uses 10BaseT is another story ... ;)
> 

Known problem -- see kern/30078

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb