On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:40:42 -0400 begin Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
> Now I have never run into a problem with this, since Linux drivers seem > to autonegociate pretty well even with 3com cards :) > But I would like to know if anyone can tell me just how you set a NIC to > be hard-coded at 100/FD... I ran across my first case of needing to do > this today, as we have a linux box plugged into a Cat2900 with 100/FD > non-auto settings for the port. Taking care of this was as easy as > setting the switchport to auto and bouncing the interface, HOWEVER, that > is against the corporate standards, so I need to know how to do this in > the future without fiddling with the switch. well, the actual command is: ifconfig eth0 blah blah media 100baseT just add the "media 100baseT" to your ifconfig arguments. Note: in almost 100% of the cases, the command will fail with a: SIOCSIFMAP: Operation not supported error. Most cards _must_ autonegotiate. Ciao, David A. Bandel -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users