RE: changing lan card settings to 100FD

Assuming you are loading your NIC driver as a module, the correct way to do
it is in /etc/modules.conf.  
In your modules.conf you probably have a line that reads: alias eth0 3c50x
or similar.

You can set the options there.  Follwing the alias listing you would have a
single line with every option you need.

Here is an example from my machine, which uses the bcm5700 module: 
alias eth0 bcm5700
alias eth1 bcm5700
options bcm5700 auto_speed=0,0 line_speed=100,100 full_duplex=1,1

The 0,0 is for first instance of the module (eth0) and the second is for the
second instance (eth1).
If you only have one NIC it may read:
alias eth0 bcm5700
options bcm5700 auto_speed=0 line_speed=100 full_duplex=1

These settings require a reboot to take effect.

To do make the change without a reboot use ethtool.  Install it if you don't
have it.
>From a shell run ethtool eth0.  That will tell you current settings.  Run
ethtool -s eth0 whatever_you_need_to_set and it will happen right now.

To see all the available options for the /etc/modules.conf see your driver
docs.  

Not sure about 7.3, but in 7.2 and advanced server 2.1 you can cat out
/proc/net/nicinfo/eth0.info and get fantastic information.

To see what modules are loaded type lsmod. 

Steve

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent:	Friday, July 11, 2003 11:54 AM
To:	[email protected]
Subject:	changing lan card settings to 100FD

How does one change the speed/duplex settings on the lan card? How does one
confirm the change? I checked dmesg and it says the card is set to
auto-negotiate but the switch is set at 100FD fixed. I would like to set
the card to 100FD fixed. It's the eth0 with a tlan driver.  Any help would
be appreciated.

Thank you,

Pat Spatola
Unix Administrator
Berkley Technology Services
302-439-2006
[email protected]
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