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Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 User Manual

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Increasing TCP/IP Performance 14

Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 15

Auto-Negotiation 16

local-mac-address

Property

16

A.

Specifications 19

Physical Dimensions

19

Power Requirements

20

Performance Specifications

20

B.

Interface Signals

23

C.

Configuring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters

25

Internal Transceiver

25

Driver Parameter Values and Definitions 26

Defining the Current Status 27

Inter-Packet Gap Parameters 28

Defining an Additional Delay Before Transmitting a Packet Using

lance_mode

and

ipg0

29

Operational Mode Parameters 30

Defining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to Transmit 31

Reporting Transceiver Capabilities 31

Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities 32

Setting

qfe

Driver Parameters 33

Setting Parameters Using the

ndd

Utility 33

Setting Parameters in the

/etc/system

File

37

H Setting the

ipg1

and

ipg2

Parameters in the

/etc/system

File 38

Setting Parameters Using the

qfe.conf

File 38

Setting

ipg

Driver Parameters Using a

qfe.conf

File 39

D.

Running Diagnostics Tests 41

Using the OpenBoot PROM FCode Selftest 41

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Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide

Revision A, August 1997