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Hello, is there a way to set the speed of the NIC?
For example, can I set it to just do 100MBps at Full duplex???

Scott

Generally it's auto-negotiated to the max common denominator, given CAT5 cabling.

           tony

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check out the source/documentation for that particular driver in the
kernel source tree. It generally shows you what parameters can be added
to the module to manually set speed etc.

HTH

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:46:54 -0800

Check out mii-tool.

its automated, you can't do anything about it. yes, as suggested, you
can try using mii-tools.

mii-tool

A key tool for determining if you are connected to the ethernet, and
if so, at what speed. The mii-tool program does not support all
ethernet devices, as some ethernet devices have their own
vendor-supplied tools to report the same information. The mii-tool
source code is based on a tool called mii-diag which provides slightly
more information but is less user friendly.

eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok

raqueeb hassan
augusta, ga

Depends on the nic.

Quote:> For example, can I set it to just do 100MBps at Full duplex???

Only if it can do it, and if it's settable. It's usually
autonegotiated with the other side, and they decide between
them wht they should be doing. Don't mess with it unless
you know better.

You probably want the mii-diag tool to check what they decided.

And you probably want to pass a parameter to your driver to change
things.

Peter