> Ok, I'm game. I can look at my nic card lights to know if I'm at 10 or 100, but > how do I figure out if I'm half duplex or full duplex? I'm running Bering rc-2 > with 3c59x.o.
It depends...check the logs for driver messages, and look for a low-level diagnostic utility for your NIC driver. If you using Dan Becker's NIC drivers, you can find several utility programs here: http://www.scyld.com/diag/ You probably want mii-diag and vortex-diag... NOTE: This will tell you if you're half or full duplex ON YOUR END, but not necessarily what you're attached to (the only info you'll get about the far end is from auto-negotiation messages, if the far end supports it, and even that could be mis-leading or wrong, since a lot of early hardware didn't do auto-negotiation properly). If your ISP's hardware does not properly support auto-negotiation (highly likely, given your description of the troubles you're having), you will have to find out from them what you're hooked to, or make an educated guess by forcing half and full duplex on your end, and seeing what sorts of errors crop up. > And a related question: how do I measure dropped packets, etc.? I don't have a > netstat on this system. :-( I think the 2.4 kernels still have /proc/net/dev... Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
