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On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, BRM wrote: |
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> I am aware that the network the system is running on is suppose to |
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> be full duplex, 100 Mbps. However, I have noticed that the |
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> card/driver seems to think it is half-duplex. Could this simply be a |
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> duplexing issue? I have no control of the switch it is plugged into |
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> (so far as settings go), but have not been able to find a way to get |
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> ifconfig to force it to full-duplex. (We've typically built the |
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> driver into the kernel.) |
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ethtool is the utility you want to setting speed/duplex, e.g., |
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ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off |
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The sys-apps/ethtool ebuild will install it, if it's not already on |
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your system. See the ethtool(8) man page for all the details. |
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Paul Heinlein <> heinlein@××××××.com <> www.madboa.com |
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