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Let me start off by saying, i'm a newb to Linux, and i'm trying a dual boot Sys between WinXP and Mandrake 9.1
They way my network is set up, i have a small problem, the cabling i'm using things and reports as 100mb, but only supports 10.
I think it's a problem from being self crimped by a friend, but i've lived with it for quite a while by just decalring my nics to use it as a 10 full duplex in windows, and went about my way.
My problem is, i can't find where to do something similair in linux, i tried something in ifconfig but i didn't get very far...
in the mean time i can move my computer to another cable, that actually supports 100mb and i'm fine, or boot in to winXP, i'd just like to be able to toggle easier.
If i can get net access I think i'll like linux, but till then i'm very frustrated at it right now.
mii-tools --force 10baseT eth0 (Duplex not specified here)
You can play around with Duplex settings to see what works. When something does work, you need to add it to the appropriate startup script so it gets run automatically on reboot (Can't remember which script offhand, but if it works, I can track it down for you).
it looks as though Redhat doesn't have a problem with my cable, it let me connect just fine through the NIC, but alas i've gotten mandrake into a situation where it no longer looks for network cards, and i dont know what i did or how to fix it.
I would prefer to be able to use mandrake, since it will mount my ntfs partitions, but i think i can get by with switching between WinXP, Mandrake, and Redhat ....
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