Configure network card for 1Gbps

[Scott Ruckh]

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This is what you said Bill Medland
> Can anyone point me in the direction of appropriate documentation
> please?
>
> I have a Dell Optiplex GX270 with an Intel 8254OEM network card,
> running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
>
> Can I configure the network card to operate in 1Gbps mode rather
> than 100Mbps?
>
> --
> Bill Medland
> mailto:billmedland at mercuryspeed.com

 you might try 'man ethtool'

also mii-tool on some systems, but I do not believe so on yours.

Of course your kernel driver must support GB for your adapter.