Re: LUG: changing speed - Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:20:28 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: changing speed

From : Mark Hamrick <mmhamric@pobox.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:20:28 -0400

Hello,

>>From having to deal with this previously, ethtool is newer, and supports
devices up to 1000Mbps. Mii-tools only support up to 100Mbps.

Mark

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 09:41 -0400, Brian Pike wrote:
> You can also supposedly use ethtool:
> ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex half autoneg off
> though the man page says "Not supported (in part or whole) on all
> ethernet drivers".
>
> -Brian
>
> On 6/1/05, Fred Breidt <breidt@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I recently got a Linux laptop (Fedora Core 2 pre-installed) because I
> > need to use some Linux software. I only know very basic Unix/Linux
> > stuff, but I kinda like the Fedora core OS, and have been using the
> > laptop a lot.
> >
> > Recently, I've had a frustrating problem connecting to a free "high
> > speed" internet at a hotel that was 10 Mb/sec instead of the 100 I'm use
> > to, and the tech support guy said this was preventing me from connecting
> > to the hotel network. I ended up being reduced to using a stupefyingly
> > slow modem connection.
> >
> > Is there a simple way to change the expected connection speed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
--
Mark Hamrick <mmhamric@pobox.[redacted]>

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