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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet speed
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:54:22
Message-Id: 20050802124945.5420cb24@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet speed by Uwe Thiem
1 On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 12:30:46 +0100, Uwe Thiem wrote:
2
3 > > mii-tool, part of net-tools.
4 >
5 > Thanks. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to know anything about Gb
6 > ethernet. :-(
7
8 Use ethtool
9
10 [root@hactar ~]# ethtool eth0
11 Settings for eth0:
12 Supported ports: [ TP ]
13 Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
14 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
15 1000baseT/Full
16 Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
17 Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
18 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
19 1000baseT/Full
20 Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
21 Speed: 100Mb/s
22 Duplex: Full
23 Port: Twisted Pair
24 PHYAD: 0
25 Transceiver: internal
26 Auto-negotiation: on
27 Link detected: yes
28
29 This correctly identifies that I have a Gb interface, although it's
30 connected to a 100Mb switch.
31
32
33 --
34 Neil Bothwick
35
36 A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to
37 do.

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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet speed Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>