Re: disable flow control on NIC card - linux

Hi,

that's not quite true. see
http://www.networkworld.com/netresources/0913flow2.html

i just need to have flow control turned off to avoid issues of throttle
packets from switch.

goo



joseph2k wrote:
googleatpilotsuppliescom wrote:

HI,

redhat FC4, boradcom NIC


eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok


how do you disable flow control?


Thanx!

Ethernet and TCP/IP protocols require flow control to work at all. They are
also not accessible to the user. Ethernet is NOT an old serial line.

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