How do you switch from full-duplex to half-duplex

[paulfrottawa]

I would like to see if half-duplex would speed up my isp connection. The set up here is cable modem to router to freebsd box.

I want my freebsd box to use half-duplex

thanks in advance for any link or know how.

[mk]

check ifconfig - look for mediaopt
example from the man
ifconfig xl0 media 10baseTX mediaopt full-duplex

[paulfrottawa]

No manual entry for ifconfig

I tried that code
unknown media subtype: 10baseTX

[Speedy]

There has to be man page for ifconfig, also you have to check the man page for your NIC driver. E. g. man vr (vr).

[SirDice]

If you used the minimal install the man pages aren't installed. Have a look here ifconfig.

[ghetto]

Next command show supported modes for your network card:
ifconfig -m fxp0
[...]
supported media:
media autoselect
media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
media 100baseTX
media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex
media 10baseT/UTP
media none
media 100baseTX mediaopt hw-loopback

Change settings with next command:
ifconfig fxp0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex