[gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[Ghaith Hachem]

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hello,
i need to get my ethernet link speed to 10Mbits full duplex i'm using
mii-tool to do it but is there a way to do it before net.eth0 starts at
boot, maybe some line to add in /etc/conf.d/net i added the normal command
i'm usign though it didn't seem to work, i then added it to
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 i think it should work there i havn't tested yet but is
there any better way to do that
thank you.

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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 22:14:34 +0300, Ghaith Hachem wrote:

> i need to get my ethernet link speed to 10Mbits full duplex i'm using
> mii-tool to do it but is there a way to do it before net.eth0 starts at
> boot, maybe some line to add in /etc/conf.d/net i added the normal
> command i'm usign though it didn't seem to work, i then added it to
> /etc/init.d/net.eth0 i think it should work there i havn't tested yet
> but is there any better way to do that

Add it to the preup(0 or postup(0 section of /etc/conf.d/net

if [ "${IFACE}" == "eth0" ]; then
	mii-tool -blah...
fi

ISTR reading somewhere that ethtool is preferred over mii-tool.


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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[Joshua Schmidlkofer]

Why isn't it auto-detecting the link speed?


On 6/5/06, Ghaith Hachem <blacksadness@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello,
> i need to get my ethernet link speed to 10Mbits full duplex i'm using
> mii-tool to do it but is there a way to do it before net.eth0 starts at
> boot, maybe some line to add in /etc/conf.d/net i added the normal command
> i'm usign though it didn't seem to work, i then added it to
> /etc/init.d/net.eth0 i think it should work there i havn't tested yet but is
> there any better way to do that
> thank you.
>
> --
> Ghaith Hachem
> TristMoon Staff
> TristMoon.com
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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[Ghaith Hachem]

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well actually it can function on 100 mbps but it would be extremly slow for
some reason (really long cable) so the isp just told me to keep the link at
10 mbps.

On 6/6/06, Joshua Schmidlkofer <joshland@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Why isn't it auto-detecting the link speed?
>
>


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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[Joshua Schmidlkofer]

Ghaith,

  I think that you shouldn't do this this way, but so be it.  It's
generally spekaing to 'force' a specific setting.  In most cards and
switches this disables all negotiation, and can lead to all sorts of
strange problems.  Especially regard duplex issues.


put this in /etc/conf.d/net

 pre(){
    if [ ${IFACE} == "eth0" ]; then
       mii-tool -F 10baseT-FD eth0
    fi
    sleep .3
 }

That ought to work.  If that doesn't work, then emerge sync and update
baselayout.


thanks,
  Joshua



On 6/5/06, Ghaith Hachem <blacksadness@gmail.com> wrote:
> well actually it can function on 100 mbps but it would be extremly slow for
> some reason (really long cable) so the isp just told me to keep the link at
> 10 mbps.
>
>
> On 6/6/06, Joshua Schmidlkofer <joshland@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why isn't it auto-detecting the link speed?
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Ghaith Hachem
> TristMoon Staff
> TristMoon.com
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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[Joshua Schmidlkofer]

On 6/6/06, Joshua Schmidlkofer <joshland@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ghaith,
>
>   I think that you shouldn't do this this way, but so be it.  It's
> generally spekaing to 'force' a specific setting.  In most cards and
> switches this disables all negotiation, and can lead to all sorts of
> strange problems.  Especially regard duplex issues.

Wow, a little latency when typing goes a long way.  Please let me clarify that.

Generally speaking it's a bad thing to force a specific setting on
hubs, switches, and NICs.  In most cases this can lead to all sorts of
strange problems.  Especially regard duplex issues.
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Re: [gentoo-user] ethernet link speed

[Ghaith Hachem]

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thank you for your reply,
i will try that setup when i get home, but for now the network seems
functioning on 100mbps though sometimes it disconnects unexpectedly however
it has been stable for 2 days,anyway i was trying to force that setting as
instructed from the ISP, though i never had to do that before, so i guess if
i'm still going to face problem with the 100 mbps i'll have to force it.

On 6/6/06, Joshua Schmidlkofer <joshland@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/6/06, Joshua Schmidlkofer <joshland@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ghaith,
> >
> >   I think that you shouldn't do this this way, but so be it.  It's
> > generally spekaing to 'force' a specific setting.  In most cards and
> > switches this disables all negotiation, and can lead to all sorts of
> > strange problems.  Especially regard duplex issues.
>
> Wow, a little latency when typing goes a long way.  Please let me clarify
> that.
>
> Generally speaking it's a bad thing to force a specific setting on
> hubs, switches, and NICs.  In most cases this can lead to all sorts of
> strange problems.  Especially regard duplex issues.
> --
> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>


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