The problem started when we notice a slow connection at times. We checked everything and called HP. They informed me that sometimes the intel NICs don't function great when set to "auto". I then switched one of the windows boxes to a set duplex, (100 full) and it seemed to help a lot. I noticed the same on my redhat box and just wanted to change it there as well. It did help out a lot to manually change it on the Windows box. The redhat box is doing ok though. Can't tell too much just when doing downloads or something.
don -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Kinz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NIC duplex On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 07:16:08AM -0900, Don Leeper wrote: > I was informed the mii-tool will do it. I have Intel nics, and it seems that > when I am able to force them to the correct duplex as my switch, they run > better. It seems that between the NIC and my HP switch it is best to > manually change the duplex to whatever the port on the switch is set to. I > know that auto detect usually works pretty good on Linux but according to HP > support it was a good idea to change it. I can easily change it on a windows > box but I didn't know an easy way to change it in Redhat. It would be nice > to be able to change it in the network config gui.(for anyone from RedHat) Yeah - some of the folks who work in this area are aware of the need but it looks like it might be a tough one to crack. They haven't' a consistent way to do it from the command line, much less a GUI. One thing I read said you should not have full duplex turned on when the NIC is connected to a switch. What are you setting the duplex, full or half? Have you noticed any performance benefist/problems either way? -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
