Gigabit ethernet

[Karl Latiss]

On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 09:47 +0200, Stephane Branchoux wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I use  2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp kernel on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 
> release 4 box.
> 
> # lspci |grep -i ethernet
> 02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet 
> Controller (rev 03)
> 
> Eth1 card is connected on a 2950 cisco switch (on a giga port RJ45, 
> speed 1000 and duplex full ).
> 
> When i use :
> 
> ethtool -s eth1 speed 1000  duplex full autoneg off, then mii-tool -v 
> gives me :
> 
> eth1: negotiated, link ok
>   product info: vendor 00:50:43, model 2 rev 5
>   basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
>   basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
>   capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
> 
> How to activate 1000baseTx-FD ?
> 
mii-tool is obsolete (even says so in the man page)

use

#/sbin/ethtool eth1

to get all the information you need.

-- 
Karl Latiss <karl.latiss at atvert.com.au>
Atvert Systems