Re: Redhat tg3 settings

On 16-Jan-2003 at 12:36:12 Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:31:09PM -0000, John Horne wrote:
>>I've tried using 'ethtool', which sets the duplex, but once the
>> server reboots the nic goes back to half duplex - probably due to
>> autonegotiation, which also seems to default to being on.
> 
> post-install tg3 ethtool <whatever>
> in /etc/modules.conf
> 
Duh! Of course, silly me :-)

> but if autonegotiation yields half duplex, there probably is a
> reason for that, overriding it is usually a bad idea.
> 
The nic's are connected to a cisco switch which currently autonegotiates.
We'll set both ends (switch and nic) to 100/full and see if it works okay.
If not, then yes there is a problem which may be why half duplex is being
set.


John.

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