Re: [SLUG] Hard coding Full/100

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 18:39:29 EDT


On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 12:02:15PM -0400, Derek Glidden wrote:

> "Emdy, Terrance" wrote:
> >
> > Can someone point me in the right direction for hardcoding the nic in a
> > Compaq 1850 rack mounted server to full/100. I thought it would be an
> > option in the /etc/modules.conf but that file doesn't exist in my install of
> > RH v7.1 and I a little perplexed and can't seem to find any docs online that
> > talk about this distro and these settings in particular
>
> Generally speaking, you want to let the card autodetect this sort of
> thing. If for some reason the card isn't autosensing that it can run at
> FDX/100, then you have some problem between the card and the switch and
> you should probably figure it out before trying to force the card.
>

Just a suggestion. I've put together Cat-5 cables that would communicate
at 10, but not at 100. Something about the way they were twisted at the
ends and such. But 10/100 cards would only go at 10 on those cables. And
yes, they were definitely Cat-5, not Cat-3.

Paul



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