On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:54:00 +0200
Uwe Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 21 March 2007, Mick wrote:
> > On Wednesday 21 March 2007 10:46, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > On 20 March 2007, Mick wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> 
> > > > > Have you tried to force your NIC down to 100Mb/s early in the
> > > > > boot process? Assuming your network is FastEthernet,
> > > > > autonegotiation doesn't always work properly.
> > > >
> > > > How would you do that - can you please elaborate?
> > >
> > > man ethtool
> >
> > Thanks Uwe,
> >
> > Do you put this in your /etc/conf.d/net, or modify
> > the /etc/init.d/net.lo?
> 
> Well, I try to avoid modifying any of the scripts in /etc/init.d if
> possible at all. So /etc/conf.d/net seems the right place. In your
> particular case, it must bedone before dhcpcd comes up. That is the
> important prt. If it helps at all. ;-)
> 
> Uwe
> 
Check /etc/conf.d/net.example, the 'preup' section might be just such a
place for such an operation.

  -Dan
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