The current output of mii-tool is:

eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link

I want to change it to 100 Mbit, full duplex. how do I go about doing that, can I even use mii-tool, I'm a n00b so help me out in english, thanks in advance

as root:

mii-tool -F 100baseTx-FD eth0

you can run mii-tool again afterwards to verify that it has accepted your settings. Remeber that this setting change will not be in effect after your next reboot.

I hope this helps

See man pages for mii-tool. Use the -F option set speed.

The default is normally auto-negotiation but it doesn't appear that you have a link. Have you checked the hardware etc?

Which distribution is running on this PC?

thanks guys..but it's not changing anything. I'm using SuSE 9.0. I ran the command:

mii-tool -F 100baseTx-FD eth0

as root, and then ran "mii-tool" again, and it outputted the same thing. My network card is configured as:

MYSON SURECOM EP-320X-S 100/10M Ethernet PCI Adapter

...please help!

Are you still getting a no like indication?

A what? It's still not working correctly if that's what you're asking..

It sounds like your card feels that it cannot maintain 100 full duplex. I have not dealt with this particular card before, and honestly I cannot remember the last time I ran into such a problem. But I ran the name of the card through google rather quickly and saw a handful of post regarding cards that appear to be from the same manufacture. It seems that these cards use the 'fealnx' driver.

I would start with looking to see if your system is currently using the 'fealnx' driver for your network card. One way to do this is to use the 'lsmod' command as root. This should provide a list of loaded modules, look through this output for 'fealnx'.

While it is not much it is a start.

If it appears that you are using the correct driver, it might be worth trying another tool to set your desired NIC settings.

ethtool

To try to set eth0 to 100Mb/s full duplex, the command should look something like:

ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full

this is the output from 'lsmod' for 'fealnx':

fealnx 10896 1

I also tried changing the speed and duplex with 'ethtool' with the command from the post above, and that didn't work either. Seems I have a stubborn NIC on my hands. Any more help would be apreciated. 'Cause this problem is really bugging me now. Thanks once again, for any help you can provide.

Well the reason is that fealnx is obsolete, and almost useless..

There's a driver here: www.scyld.com/ethercard_drivers.html

Altough not perfect but still much better than fealnx..
I couldn't get samba to work with it though..

Your best bet is still to go and buy a realtek based NIC.. It's much better than noname Myson anyway

Call me a blockhead but I still say I won't buy hardware FOR an os to work..