Network card speed change

[ejmilne]

Hi,

I have a server connecting to the network at 100mb half duplex and I need to change it to full duplex - does anyone know the commands to do this?

Thanks!

 

[KenCunningham]

Hi. This might help, from FAQ60-3981 in this forum:

To hardcode the speed of the Network Interface Card
Example:
You want to hardcode 100Full Duplex for hme0
#ndd -set /dev/hme instance 0
#ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap 1
#ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100hdx_cap 0
#ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10fdx_cap 0
#ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10hdx_cap 0
#ndd -set /dev/hme adv_autoneg_cap 0

Create an input on the file /etc/system so that when your system rebooted it will run the NIC in 100Full Duplex
automatically.
set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1
set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0

 

[kHz]

The entries going into /etc/system have been deprecated. The preference is to now place them in /platform/`uname -i`/kernel/drv/<interface>.nic where <interface> = bge, ce, etc.

 

[KenCunningham]

Thanks kHz, I wasn't aware of that. Perhaps the faq should be updated.

 

[kHz]

That should have been <interface>.conf

 

[ejmilne]

Thanks guys, much appreciated!