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Old 11-24-2004, 09:56 AM   #1
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Question NIC speed & Duplex


Is there a command I can run to display the speed & duplex setting of my network card? Backups of my new server are painfully slow, I suspect I have a duplex mis-match, but I can't figure out how to tell what it is set currently.

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Old 11-24-2004, 10:03 AM   #2
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dmesg | grep eth0
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Old 11-24-2004, 10:26 AM   #3
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Thanks,
but now I'm more confused. I ran the dmesg and received duplex was half, I also ran ethtool eth0 and it told me full duplex. I'm guessing, by evidence of the backups, that dmesg is giving me the correct info, but shouldn't ethtool agree?

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Old 11-24-2004, 01:51 PM   #4
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I'm starting to figure this out, but I'm running into one thing I haven't been able to figure out. How do I make changes with ethtool permanent?

I did the following:

ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off duplex full
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

I then did a ethtool eth0 and it showed full duplex and autonegotiate off

I ran dmesg | grep eth0
it showed 100 meg full duplex

I was happy
I re-booted the server

I ran dmesg | grep eth0
it showed 100 meg half duplex

I ran ethtool eth0
it showed half duplex autonegotiate on

What do I need to do to make the settings "stick"?
 
  


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