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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:55:02
Message-Id: 200703211246.24688.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points by Mick
1 On 20 March 2007, Mick wrote:
2 > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote:
3 > > On 14 March 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote:
4 > > > With a static ip, I do get full bandwidth, error free, just like it
5 > > > should be. So whatever this cabling issue is, it affects only bootp...
6 > > >
7 > > > hardware: Dell Latitude D810:
8 > > > NIC: 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme
9 > > > BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
10 > >
11 > > Have you tried to force your NIC down to 100Mb/s early in the boot
12 > > process? Assuming your network is FastEthernet, autonegotiation doesn't
13 > > always work properly.
14 >
15 > How would you do that - can you please elaborate?
16
17 man ethtool
18
19 Uwe
20
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Re: [gentoo-user] dhcpcd won't run at certain network points Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>