[K12OSN] Speed of the LAN card

[Les Mikesell]

On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 08:47, M.Pribik wrote:
> Hello all,
> during the etherboot of the thin client, at the beginning I can see
> that the 100Mb Full speed card is identified (RTL 8139D).
> But somewhere in the midle of the boot process where drivers are
> installing, I can see that the card is identified as 
> 10Mb half duplex. Why is it so, and what speed do I realy  have on the
> LAN card? LEDs on switch board shows that
> line speed on this chanel is 100Mb. Does somebody have the same
> experience?

ethtool or mmi-tool should show you the current settings the
card is using.  You can also force the settings but normally
you want it to automatically negotiate to make sure the other
end matches.  If you lock one end of the connection, the
other is likely to be wrong.

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  Les Mikesell
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