100 Base T full duplex.

Ganesan M ganesh at unixlover.com
Thu Oct 3 08:45:39 EDT 2002


Thanks a lot for all of your support. I 've installed mii-tools
and I am playing with different options/setup.

G.

----- Original Message -----
From: <pll at lanminds.com>
To: "Ganesan M" <ganesh at unixlover.com>
Cc: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: 100 Base T full duplex.


>
> In a message dated: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 11:21:46 EDT
> "Ganesan M" said:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >Do I have to recompile the kernel to use 100 Base T full duplex on Red
Hat
> >7.3 and kernel version 2.4.7-10enterprise machine or is it already
enabled?
>
> Only if the NIC installed doesn't support 100BaseT and you're
> replacing it with one which does.
>
> >Can someone please tell me how do I setup the network for full duplex and
> >100 Base T?
>
> It all depends upon what equipment you're connecting together and
> whether or not it supports 100Mb/FD.  For instance, if your system
> has a 100Mb card in it, but the hub/switch/router you're plugged into
> is only 10Mb then there's nothing you can do to get 100Mb.
>
> The same goes for duplex.  If your hub/switch/router only supports
> half-duplex, then it doesn't matter what your card is.
>
> For the most part, if:
>
> you have a 100Mb/FD capable card
> and the appropriate drivers for that card are compiled into your kernel
> and the network gear you're connecting to supports 100MB/FD
>
> Then you *should* get this by default through auto-negotiation.
>
> Of course, it is entirely possible that auto-neg is not working, but
> that's a different story and has almost nothing to do with your
> computer's OS.
>
> You might also want to get/install/read about the mii-tools which
> allow you to get information from your NIC and network equipment.
>
> HTH,
> --
>
> Seeya,
> Paul
> --
> It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing,
>    but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away.
>
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>
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