Peter B Van Campen wrote, On 07/29/2003 06:03 AM:
I have a similar network and rtl8139 cards. On a stock 8.2 pro install the switch it is plugged into shows "FD=NO" (via LED) for default, but after 'ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on' the switches FD indicator for that PC turns to "FD=YES" as the info from the cmd line queries indicate. <snip> Juast where is the best place to put that ethtool cmd?
Nowhere. Autonegotiate is the default, unless the NIC has been programmed to something else (which in my experience is not a good thing, auto does work as intended). It is better to reprogram the NIC to the correct default via the diag program for the NIC (or mii-diag and rtl8139-diag). Then it works like expected, without a kludge. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.