[geeks] Forcing an interface on Linux and FreeBSD

[James Sharp]

> I'm getting large amounts of problems working with a new switch and
> some intel nics (pro/100+).  These are on linux and freebsd and I
> have had no luck being able to force them to 100/full via ifconfig
> and there doesn't seem to be a sysctl for it either.  Any ideas?

under FreeBSD

ifconfig fxp0 <ipaddress> netmask <netmask> media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex