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by **rich** » Sat, 02 Jun 2001 02:06:13

i have been searching the net all morning to try and find a way to make
sure that my network cards are being loaded 100mb full duplex at boot
time. We have a server thats being used for a log server for our pix and
routers and it is running EXTREMELEY slow. We can barely ssh in. The
ports are set at 100mb Full. So i need to find a way to make sure that
my network card is running at that same speed. Please if anyone could
help it would be greatly appreciated.

richard

by **hua.wang.** » Sat, 02 Jun 2001 03:09:55

Usually the company who made that card will give you a utility to do this
job. such as 3com

> i have been searching the net all morning to try and find a way to make
> sure that my network cards are being loaded 100mb full duplex at boot
> time. We have a server thats being used for a log server for our pix and
> routers and it is running EXTREMELEY slow. We can barely ssh in. The
> ports are set at 100mb Full. So i need to find a way to make sure that
> my network card is running at that same speed. Please if anyone could
> help it would be greatly appreciated.

> richard

by **Dean Thompso** » Sat, 02 Jun 2001 10:10:34

Hi Richard,

Quote:> i have been searching the net all morning to try and find a way to make
> sure that my network cards are being loaded 100mb full duplex at boot
> time. We have a server thats being used for a log server for our pix and
> routers and it is running EXTREMELEY slow. We can barely ssh in. The
> ports are set at 100mb Full. So i need to find a way to make sure that
> my network card is running at that same speed. Please if anyone could
> help it would be greatly appreciated.

You missed the one important details, what make are the network cards ???
Sometimes you can force these issues with options like: full_duplex=1 in the
/etc/modules.conf file. Something like the following:

alias eth0 3c509
options eth0 full_duplex=1

This forces you into full duplex mode, depending on what sort of network card
you have you might also be able to use the options or media flags to force the
card into different speeds but your system should auto-sense 100.
Additionally, without knowing the driver behind the network cards it would be
rather pointless guessing numbers :)

See ya

Dean Thompson

by **Richar** » Sat, 02 Jun 2001 21:07:36

We have a couple of 3com905c cards. But the one in particular i need to
make sure of is an intel pro 100+ adapter. It came OEM in a Dell
Poweredge 6300. After talking to tech support for both Dell and Intel
yesterday neither could really help me. So anything you guys might know
would be a great help.

> Hi Richard,

> > i have been searching the net all morning to try and find a way to make
> > sure that my network cards are being loaded 100mb full duplex at boot
> > time. We have a server thats being used for a log server for our pix and
> > routers and it is running EXTREMELEY slow. We can barely ssh in. The
> > ports are set at 100mb Full. So i need to find a way to make sure that
> > my network card is running at that same speed. Please if anyone could
> > help it would be greatly appreciated.

> You missed the one important details, what make are the network cards ???
> Sometimes you can force these issues with options like: full_duplex=1 in the
> /etc/modules.conf file. Something like the following:

> alias eth0 3c509
> options eth0 full_duplex=1

> This forces you into full duplex mode, depending on what sort of network card
> you have you might also be able to use the options or media flags to force the
> card into different speeds but your system should auto-sense 100.
> Additionally, without knowing the driver behind the network cards it would be
> rather pointless guessing numbers :)

> See ya

> Dean Thompson

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by **Dean Thompso** » Sat, 02 Jun 2001 22:14:45

Hi!,

Quote:> We have a couple of 3com905c cards. But the one in particular i need to
> make sure of is an intel pro 100+ adapter. It came OEM in a Dell
> Poweredge 6300. After talking to tech support for both Dell and Intel
> yesterday neither could really help me. So anything you guys might know
> would be a great help.

Well Donald Beckers site recommends that this should only be done if you are
using old network equipment which is not capable of supporting auto-neg.
speeds but it would be something like the following:

/etc/modules.conf:
==================
alias eth0 eepro100 options=0x20 full_duplex=1 ---> 100Mbps with full duplex
alias eth0 3c59x.o options=4 full_duplex=1 -------> 100Mbps with full duplex

However, you might want to check out http://www.scyld.com/nework for further
details.

See ya

Dean Thompson

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