* Re: [gentoo-user] How to determine if a NIC is playing gigabit?
@ 2010-01-21 22:45 99% ` Mick
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From: Mick @ 2010-01-21 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Tuesday 19 January 2010 01:28:07 Keith Dart wrote:
> === On Mon, 01/18, Stroller wrote: ===
>
> > I'm not ruling out the cable, because it's pretty beat up (but the
> > switch *is* lighting up as 1000), but how do I determine, please,
> > that the Linux server at the other end is recognising the NIC and
> > negotiating as gigabit speeds?
>
> ===
>
> ethtool eth0
>
> emerge ethtool if you don't have it.
>
> Not all chips/drivers support the ioctls necessary to report that, but
> most recent ones do.
You can also run good ol' lshw. It'll show you what it has negotiated with
the switch:
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver= [snip ...]
multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
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Regards,
Mick
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