[CentOS] disable auto-negotiation gigabit ethernet

2012-03-20 Thread sebastian
I can not disable the auto-negotiation (eth1) on my centos 6.2 via 
ethtool or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

the eth1 is a private network on a cheap gigabit-switch (under controll 
from a serverhoster). sometime the ethernet-card lost the speed and 
duplex information and change it to unknown. i can only fix this 
with a network-restart (or ifup/ifdown).
now i will disable the autonegotiation - but i does not work.

thanks sebastian
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Re: [CentOS] disable auto-negotiation gigabit ethernet

2012-03-20 Thread Michael Simpson
On 20 March 2012 14:29, sebastian cen...@secretusenet.com wrote:
 I can not disable the auto-negotiation (eth1) on my centos 6.2 via
 ethtool or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1


Autonegotiation is mandatory for 1000BASE-T as both sides have to work
out which pairs they are going to use.
Check:
1)cable
2)switchport
if those are ok then you probably have a driver/NIC problem

mike
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Re: [CentOS] disable auto-negotiation gigabit ethernet

2012-03-20 Thread m . roth
Michael Simpson wrote:
 On 20 March 2012 14:29, sebastian cen...@secretusenet.com wrote:
 I can not disable the auto-negotiation (eth1) on my centos 6.2 via
 ethtool or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1


 Autonegotiation is mandatory for 1000BASE-T as both sides have to work
 out which pairs they are going to use.
 Check:
 1)cable
 2)switchport
 if those are ok then you probably have a driver/NIC problem

Two more things:
   a) make sure the router/switch isn't pegged or being changed to slower
   b) are your cables ok for gigabit. I know this sounds absurd, but I,
personally, have changed cables, and it made the difference

  mark

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Re: [CentOS] disable auto-negotiation gigabit ethernet

2012-03-20 Thread sebastian


Am 20.03.2012 16:33, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us:
 Michael Simpson wrote:
 On 20 March 2012 14:29, sebastiancen...@secretusenet.com  wrote:
 I can not disable the auto-negotiation (eth1) on my centos 6.2 via
 ethtool or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

 Autonegotiation is mandatory for 1000BASE-T as both sides have to work
 out which pairs they are going to use.
 Check:
 1)cable
 2)switchport
 if those are ok then you probably have a driver/NIC problem

 Two more things:
 a) make sure the router/switch isn't pegged or being changed to slower
 b) are your cables ok for gigabit. I know this sounds absurd, but I,
  personally, have changed cables, and it made the difference

mark
Thanks, but is a remote-server, the server is in another datacenter. I 
can not change or check the cables/switch - and the stuff in the 
datacenter is not very usefull. I'm hoping to solve the problem with 
disable the auto-negotiation.

sebastian

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Re: [CentOS] disable auto-negotiation gigabit ethernet

2012-03-20 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:47 AM, sebastian cen...@secretusenet.com wrote:
 Am 20.03.2012 16:33, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us:
 Michael Simpson wrote:
 On 20 March 2012 14:29, sebastiancen...@secretusenet.com  wrote:
 I can not disable the auto-negotiation (eth1) on my centos 6.2 via
 ethtool or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

 Autonegotiation is mandatory for 1000BASE-T as both sides have to work
 out which pairs they are going to use.
 Check:
 1)cable
 2)switchport
 if those are ok then you probably have a driver/NIC problem

 Two more things:
     a) make sure the router/switch isn't pegged or being changed to slower
     b) are your cables ok for gigabit. I know this sounds absurd, but I,
          personally, have changed cables, and it made the difference

        mark

 Thanks, but is a remote-server, the server is in another datacenter. I
 can not change or check the cables/switch - and the stuff in the
 datacenter is not very useful. I'm hoping to solve the problem with
 disable the auto-negotiation.

 sebastian


As already said, you cannot disable auto-negotiation for gigabit, so
you will need to look for other ways to solve the problem.

Disabling auto-negotiation is anachronistic and no one should be doing
it anymore.  There were reportedly problems with it in the early days,
like 15 years ago, but they have all been resolved.


❧ Brian Mathis
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Re: [CentOS] disable auto-negotiation gigabit ethernet

2012-03-20 Thread m . roth
sebastian wrote:
 Am 20.03.2012 16:33, schrieb m.r...@5-cent.us:
 Michael Simpson wrote:
 On 20 March 2012 14:29, sebastiancen...@secretusenet.com  wrote:
 I can not disable the auto-negotiation (eth1) on my centos 6.2 via
 ethtool or /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

 Autonegotiation is mandatory for 1000BASE-T as both sides have to work
 out which pairs they are going to use.
 Check:
 1)cable
 2)switchport
 if those are ok then you probably have a driver/NIC problem

 Two more things:
 a) make sure the router/switch isn't pegged or being changed to
 slower
 b) are your cables ok for gigabit. I know this sounds absurd, but I,
  personally, have changed cables, and it made the difference

 Thanks, but is a remote-server, the server is in another datacenter. I
 can not change or check the cables/switch - and the stuff in the
 datacenter is not very usefull. I'm hoping to solve the problem with
 disable the auto-negotiation.

Hey - I was assuming it wasn't under your control, any more than mine,
here at work, are under mine. When I have this problem, I file a ticket,
and eventually get to talk to the admins who *do* have control over that.
And yes, too many times, I get a oh, it is pegged, I have no idea how
that happened from them before they fix it.

 mark

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