Re: [gentoo-user] Gigabit NIC but only 100baseT/Full working

[Khabi]

>From my understanding thats not a problem with the OS, but with the crossover cable itself. The os is seeing it as a Gigabit card.

I believe a cat6 cable will work and give you the right speed, you may want to try that.  Alternativly, the following should work if you crimp one yourself.

Connector1	Connector2
--------------------------
Orange/white	Green/White
Orange		Green
Green/White	Orange/White
Blue		Brown/White
Blue/White	Brown
Green		Orange
Brown/White	Blue
Brown		Blue/White


-Rick

On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:49:09PM -0200, Daniel van Ham Colchete wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have two servers here with two Intel E1000 NIC each.
>
> I'm planing on using the eth1 ethernet with DRBD. My problem is that
> although the NICs support gigabit ethernet, they only negociate with
> 100baseT/Full. I'm using a CAT-5E crossover cable between the servers.
>
> Here is my dmesg (both servers):
> e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
> e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
>
> My ethtool shows the following (both servers):
> Settings for eth1:
>       Supported ports: [ TP ]
>       Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>                               1000baseT/Full
>       Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>       Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>                               1000baseT/Full
>       Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
>       Speed: 100Mb/s
>       Duplex: Full
>       Port: Twisted Pair
>       PHYAD: 0
>       Transceiver: internal
>       Auto-negotiation: on
>       Supports Wake-on: umbg
>       Wake-on: g
>       Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
>       Link detected: yes
>
> Does anyone have any tip?
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel Colchete
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