wierdness with 100BaseT interface in linux.

hmmmmmmmmm.
ok, now how do I set it up so that its half-duplex on startup?
also, can I change it to half-duplex on the fly?

no wait.... ethtool should do this (I think). let me check.

Technomage

On Tuesday 06 January 2004 05:01 pm, Alan Pratt wrote:
> Silly question, but is the NIC set properly in relation to the
> hub/switch? I've seen big differences when setting the NIC properties to
> match the switch. For less expensive switches, 100 Mb/half duplex seems
> to be the way to go. Leaving at 'Auto Select' causes the NIC to run at a
> fraction of the speed. Perhaps the MS opsys's are automatically handling
> the setting better than the default 'nix config?
>
> - Alan