That explains it. "Trains" just means the two ends agreeing on what the right data rate should be. I'm guessing you have a bad cable.
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 11:14 John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:38:49 -0700 > Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> dijo: > > >As an alternative to looking in the sysfs (/sys/class/net) as I > >suggested, you can also install the "ethtool" package and run it with > >the interface name. E.g.: > > OK, at the moment wifi is turned off, so there are just the ethernet > and the VPN listed. I did: > > ethtool enx3ce1a1c0dbfc > Settings for enx3ce1a1c0dbfc: > Supported ports: [ TP MII ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full > Supported pause frame use: No > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Supported FEC modes: Not reported > Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised FEC modes: Not reported > Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half > 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Full > Link partner advertised pause frame use: Symmetric Receive-only > Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Link partner advertised FEC modes: Not reported > Speed: 100Mb/s > Duplex: Full > Port: MII > PHYAD: 32 > Transceiver: internal > Auto-negotiation: on > Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted > Current message level: 0x00007fff (32767) > drv probe link timer ifdown ifup rx_err > tx_err tx_queued intr tx_done rx_status pktdata hw wol Link detected: > yes > > The line 'Speed 100Mb/s' looks suspicious, but I didn't understand a > lot of the results above. > > Mention has been made of 'training,' but I don't know what that refers > to. At the moment it sounds like the right theory for my problem. Now > I'm off to ask the Duck to explain it to me. :) > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
