On Sunday 05 March 2006 19:23, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Sun, 2006-03-05 at 13:30 -0500, jludwig wrote: > > On Sunday 05 March 2006 12:53, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Sunday 05 March 2006 17:45, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > > That adapter has 4 possible connection states 10/100MiB and > > > > half/full duplex. Obviously the fastest would be 100 full. > > > > > > > > What is it actually connected as? Usually the leds on the switch or > > > > the adapter will tell you the speed, but I have not seen any tools to > > > > check the actual state from the OS. > > > > > > > > I have never had any problems with any NIC using the via-rhine > > > > chipset, but YMMV > > > > > > OK, that's reassuring. I can't check it right now, but I'm intending a > > > new install after the rebuild. If there are still problems I'll swap > > > the cat5 cable and try that. I have to confess that it's a box with > > > low usage, so I've never spent much time on it. > > > > > > Anne > > > > Try man ethtool; > > ethtool -s DEVNAME \ > > [ speed 10|100|1000 ] \ > > [ duplex half|full ] \ > > [ port tp|aui|bnc|mii|fibre ] \ > > [ autoneg on|off ] \ > > [ phyad %d ] \ > > [ xcvr internal|external ] \ > > [ wol p|u|m|b|a|g|s|d... ] \ > > [ sopass %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x ] \ > > [ msglvl %d ] > > Thanks for pointing out ethtool. I had earlier seen mii-tool but could > not remember what it was. > > The -s you show above allows setting the parameters but does not display > anything about current settings.. > > After some playing with ethtool I found out that the display from > "ethtool ethX" is likely what Anne needs. Example from mine below. > > [root@eagle ~]# ethtool eth0 > Settings for eth0: > Supported ports: [ MII ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Speed: 100Mb/s > Duplex: Half > Port: MII > PHYAD: 1 > Transceiver: external > Auto-negotiation: on > Supports Wake-on: g > Wake-on: d > Link detected: yes > > Again, Thanks > Jeff I have the same problem (I forgot about mii-tool) since there are so many "tools" . -- Some people have convictions. Some people have opinions I think I'll have a cheeseburger!
