Patrick Doyle wrote: > I have a somewhat problematic ethernet NIC in my laptop and have found > that the most reliable way to make it work is to force it to operate > in 10 Mbps, half duplex mode. Each morning I arrive at work, attach > my laptop to the network, boot up, and type > > $ sudo ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 10 duplex half > > and the network works fine all day long. > > Now, I'm getting tired of this, and I think I ought to be able to > force this configuration somewhere. The problem is, I haven't the > foggiest idea where to do it in FC5. On Debian, I could edit > /etc/network/interfaces and specify a "pre-up" command. In FC5, there > is probably some file in /etc/sysconfig/... that I can edit (either by > hand, or via a GUI application -- although, I don't see it under > System|Network...) to change this, I just don't know where to begin to > look. > > Any pointers? > > Actually, as long as I'm on the subject, where would be a good place > to start to understand the design, concepts, intent, and overall > operation of the data stored in /etc/sysconfig? > > (Please feel free to tell me to read the manual for the answer to > that, although "man sysconfig" and "man -k sysconfig" don't tell me > anything). > > --wpd > you should be able to add a line to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 10 duplex half autoneg off" and the change will take place at boot up, or anytime you restart the interface. -- Anthony http://messinet.com http://messinet.com/~amessina/gallery 8F89 5E72 8DF0 BCF0 10BE 9967 92DC 35DC B001 4A4E
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