Re: LUG: changing speed - Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:27:34 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: changing speed

From : Chris Bullock <cgbullock@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:27:34 -0400

I use mii-tool, man mii-tool will give you options, but you most probably need:
sudo /sbin/mii-tool -F 10baseTx-FD, the F is force and followed is the
speed and duplex.
Hope that helps,
Chris

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
>
>