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On Tuesday 19 January 2010 01:28:07 Keith Dart wrote: |
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> === On Mon, 01/18, Stroller wrote: === |
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> > I'm not ruling out the cable, because it's pretty beat up (but the |
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> > switch *is* lighting up as 1000), but how do I determine, please, |
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> > that the Linux server at the other end is recognising the NIC and |
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> > negotiating as gigabit speeds? |
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> === |
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> ethtool eth0 |
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> emerge ethtool if you don't have it. |
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> Not all chips/drivers support the ioctls necessary to report that, but |
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> most recent ones do. |
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You can also run good ol' lshw. It'll show you what it has negotiated with |
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the switch: |
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configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver= [snip ...] |
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multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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