Tim Harrell wrote:

I have a RealTek NIC, supported under the rtl8139 module in SuSE 7.2. When I initialise the network interface I get the following diag:

kernel: eth0: Setting half-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 0000.

It seems the auto-negotiation is setting it to half-duplex for some reason. How can I manually put the RealTek into full-duplex mode?

In 6.4 there is a command mii-diag (I assume it is still there in 7.2) that will let you set the speed/duplex, but I wouldn't suggest it. It sounds like autonegotiate is working correctly, and whatever you are connecting to (based on the above) does not support full duplex. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" would apply IMHO. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 "We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity, for in prosperity we forget God." --Dwight Lyman Moody