by Steven Wo » Sat, 27 Dec 2003 14:14:50
I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
"ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
capable of switching speeds...
Any hints?
by Sasa S Bak » Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:30:08
Why setting speed manualy? Isn't your NIC auto-sense medium? ItQuote:>Hi,
>I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
>order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
>I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
>"ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
>error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
>capable of switching speeds...
>Any hints?
S. Baksa
by David Efflan » Sun, 28 Dec 2003 00:23:15
Not sure how to do that in ifconfig (maybe your syntax is incomplete orQuote:> Hi,
> I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
> order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
> I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
> "ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
> error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
> capable of switching speeds...
> Any hints?
mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD eth0
or if either full or half duplex would work:
mii-tool -A 10baseT-FD,10baseT-HD eth0
If one of these work, you need to figure out where to put an
/sbin/mii-tool statement in an init script after that interface is brought
up.
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by Steven Wo » Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:56:24
> >Hi,
> >I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
> >order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
> >I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
> >"ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
> >error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
> >capable of switching speeds...
> >Any hints?
> Why setting speed manualy? Isn't your NIC auto-sense medium? It
> should work perfectly well in auto-sense mode - it works for me with
> lot diferent cards and routers (AlliedTelesyn, D-Link, 3-COM, Corega,
> built-in cards and AlliedTelesyn, D-Link, Cisco routers & switche's)
> S. Baksa
by Neil Horma » Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:59:47
> I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
> order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
> I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
> "ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
> error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
> capable of switching speeds...
> Any hints?
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by Steven Wo » Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:20:53
> > I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
> > order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
> > I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
> > "ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
> > error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
> > capable of switching speeds...
> > Any hints?
> Not sure how to do that in ifconfig (maybe your syntax is incomplete or
> needs quotes around value), or how to do it in /etc/modules.conf. Have
> you tried using mii-tool (see 'man mii-tool). Try it from the shell first
> (as root, or 'su -') and see if something like following works:
> mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD eth0
> or if either full or half duplex would work:
> mii-tool -A 10baseT-FD,10baseT-HD eth0
> If one of these work, you need to figure out where to put an
> /sbin/mii-tool statement in an init script after that interface is brought
> up.
Is it possible that the current driver does not support setting the
speed of the NIC?
The driver cd that came with my NIC has a linux driver (A C file)
written for Red Hat 6, and I get all sorts of errors trying to compile
it.
by Steven Wo » Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:24:45
> > >Hi,
> > >I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
> > >order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
> > >I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
> > >"ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
> > >error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
> > >capable of switching speeds...
> > >Any hints?
> > Why setting speed manualy? Isn't your NIC auto-sense medium? It
> > should work perfectly well in auto-sense mode - it works for me with
> > lot diferent cards and routers (AlliedTelesyn, D-Link, 3-COM, Corega,
> > built-in cards and AlliedTelesyn, D-Link, Cisco routers & switche's)
> > S. Baksa
> My router only works at 10 mbps, so I need to lower the speed
by David Efflan » Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:04:09
>> > I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
>> > order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
>> > I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
>> > "ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
>> > error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
>> > capable of switching speeds...
>> > Any hints?
>> Not sure how to do that in ifconfig (maybe your syntax is incomplete or
>> needs quotes around value), or how to do it in /etc/modules.conf. Have
>> you tried using mii-tool (see 'man mii-tool). Try it from the shell first
>> (as root, or 'su -') and see if something like following works:
>> mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD eth0
>> or if either full or half duplex would work:
>> mii-tool -A 10baseT-FD,10baseT-HD eth0
>> If one of these work, you need to figure out where to put an
>> /sbin/mii-tool statement in an init script after that interface is brought
>> up.
> I get:
> SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Invalid argument
> Is it possible that the current driver does not support setting the
> speed of the NIC?
> The driver cd that came with my NIC has a linux driver (A C file)
> written for Red Hat 6, and I get all sorts of errors trying to compile
> it.
The older module might not have supported 'mii-tool' or other methods of
easily changing settings. Someone mentioned 'ethtool', but I do not know
what that is because it is not on any of my SuSE systems (maybe RH
specific or something very new).
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by Ken Hoffm » Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:49:10
> > I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
> > order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
> > I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
> > "ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
> > error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
> > capable of switching speeds...
> > Any hints?
> ethtool is the tool to use to do this over the (IIRC) now depricated
> mii-tool. If you want to make the settings permanent, then use the
> ETHTOOL_OPTS setting in the ifcfg file to select the ethtool options you
> want set on a given interface when its brought up.
> HtH
> Neil
I tried this and can't get it to work. I too have a screwed up router
that only talkes to cards aet to 10 with autoneg off.
by Sasa S Bak » Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:47:13
>> > S. Baksa
>> My router only works at 10 mbps, so I need to lower the speed
>Sorry, I just re-read your post and I get what you mean now.
>My router does switch between 100/10 mbps, but it is broken in that
>connecting at 100 mbps does not work properly. I can connect fine at
>10 mbps from WinXP so I know it is possible to use the router.
Sasa Baksa
by Neil Horma » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 04:09:48
>>>Hi,
>>>I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
>>>order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
>>>I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
>>>"ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
>>>error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
>>>capable of switching speeds...
>>>Any hints?
>>ethtool is the tool to use to do this over the (IIRC) now depricated
>>mii-tool. If you want to make the settings permanent, then use the
>>ETHTOOL_OPTS setting in the ifcfg file to select the ethtool options you
>>want set on a given interface when its brought up.
>>HtH
>>Neil
> Do you have example syntax?
> I tried this and can't get it to work. I too have a screwed up router
> that only talkes to cards aet to 10 with autoneg off.
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by Steven Wo » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 05:42:56
I don't think you can do this with my Linksys router. (BEFSR41 IQuote:> Can you force your router NIC to be only 10BaseT then your card can
> autosens wich speed is on other end of connection. This works for
> Cisco router and firewall interfaces but for other routers I didn't
> have oportunity or nead to try. Which brand/model is your router?
> Sasa Baksa
by Steven Wo » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 05:51:54
Ok, I have it working but I can't get it to startup with theseQuote:> > ethtool is the tool to use to do this over the (IIRC) now depricated
> > mii-tool. If you want to make the settings permanent, then use the
> > ETHTOOL_OPTS setting in the ifcfg file to select the ethtool options you
> > want set on a given interface when its brought up.
> > HtH
> > Neil
> Do you have example syntax?
> I tried this and can't get it to work. I too have a screwed up router
> that only talkes to cards aet to 10 with autoneg off.
the last line brings up a window that lists my ethernet devices (just
eth0 in my case) if I select that device and click "Activate" all
works well.
if I change the mii-tool line to 'ethtool -s eth0 speed 10', clicking
"activate" in the network config window won't work. Dunno why....
I did try putting:
ETHTOOL_OPTS=speed 10
in my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file, but I just get
an invalid syntax error when booting up.
Anyone know how to "activate" eth0 from the command line? if so, I
could just stick those commands in a init script somewhere.
by Sasa S Bak » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:37:43
>> > I just installed Red hat 9 and I have a D-Link 538 100/10 NIC. In
>> > order to connect to my router I need to set the NIC's speed to 10mbps.
>> > I tried putting MEDIA=10baseT in ifcfg-eth0 (which has no effect) and
>> > "ifconfig eth0 media 10baseT" which gives an "operation not permitted"
>> > error. I can do it from winXP (dual boot) so I know the NIC is
>> > capable of switching speeds...
>> > Any hints?
>> ethtool is the tool to use to do this over the (IIRC) now depricated
>> mii-tool. If you want to make the settings permanent, then use the
>> ETHTOOL_OPTS setting in the ifcfg file to select the ethtool options you
>> want set on a given interface when its brought up.
>> HtH
>> Neil
>Do you have example syntax?
>I tried this and can't get it to work. I too have a screwed up router
>that only talkes to cards aet to 10 with autoneg off.
by Sasa S Bak » Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:40:17
Ahhh, I don't know. I don't use that brand but answer can be found inQuote:>> Can you force your router NIC to be only 10BaseT then your card can
>> autosens wich speed is on other end of connection. This works for
>> Cisco router and firewall interfaces but for other routers I didn't
>> have oportunity or nead to try. Which brand/model is your router?
>> Sasa Baksa
>I don't think you can do this with my Linksys router. (BEFSR41 I
>think?) its a 4-port router. I guess since its just a home use router
>it doesn't have that kind of flexiblity. (at least not from what I can
>see from the configuration options)
Sasa
Hi there,
does anybody know how to set the speed and media type of a nic? I
tried it with mii-tool but it doesn't do anything.
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