Re: NIC question: Via-Rhine (D-Link VT86C100A) full duplex?

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:53:05 +0000, goarilla wrote:

Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:15:41 +0000, Mike wrote:

Been digging around trying to figure out how to make my D-Link
VT86C100A NICs run at full duplex.

In sure I've seen somebody else's output that included "full_duplex"
in there somewhere.

Clues anyone?

Whether your NIC can run at full duplex or not is at least partially
dependent on the device it's plugged into. If it's set to
auto-negotiate duplex and comes up half duplex then it's probably a
good idea to leave it that way.

yes i agree even if you force it in full duplex your link will go up,
down, up down multiple times an hour if your switch/hub doesn't like it

but i'll point you in the right way
mii-tool(8) is a tool for this job

If you set it to full-duplex and it comes in in full-duplex make sure to
watch for collisions and errors on the interface to determine whether you
should leave it that way.

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