From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NWqVG-0005Su-Le for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:14:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF699E0794; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:14:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f47.google.com (mail-pw0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8ECFE0794 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:14:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj10 with SMTP id 10so1884750pwj.26 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:14:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=V8GadtF4WRC0DAFEubBH8GxqHknS8/YPdYHORPq9ik4=; b=Eb7J521eS6bv9Z75HV/ze4efKRtCNgBp9ug58wvPOVOBfDpsyyFpOAom9Nf30JBxUS ymUY6W9ADDDmVc0nDK8uybezb0ru6UdNd9ko6zzxPn158dT3eaeI5/4mCwoR1sNU3WUR cFL03D3goM4cUxbT0mRiz8HbspeQQV3AdQHBY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=QfFmg1YtRo7QVheXgMzjYUXol4c4xLf6Vok4vIiybCLw89zDC8vJPdwSFQHcHAbxQA ahL21H5266dP8Spu+tk0yjoagmyDYXSaxzSGGBQTo5Po+ZiDFV8wnsiAh//wM/7KZBgw kUh6VAFLPZ2FN+OfqS4Ti0gNVaxSHHOUncJtc= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.88.33 with SMTP id l33mr2504620rvb.261.1263816843152; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:14:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B091D33-9E06-47DD-88AC-D122FD2E1590@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <4B091D33-9E06-47DD-88AC-D122FD2E1590@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:14:03 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to determine if a NIC is playing gigabit? From: Ward Poelmans To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: bda8e5a4-7cf3-4b47-9fc7-01498bf7670f X-Archives-Hash: 78339a502648b8741d55f960a8077ef5 On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:50, 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? If i recall correct, you just have to take a look at the kernel log's (dmesg): it says if it has a 100 mbps or 1 gbps link connection. Ward