Just to add to what Jason has said, older 100 Mbps switches are easy enough to pick up secondhand on eBay and such, depending on where you are. They're quite cheap.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 3:19 PM Jason Manley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Since we are running the ancient Debian Etch on this unit, I have no > access to ethtool, with which I understand that you can switch to 100mpbs. > Is there any other way to force 100mbps operation? > > This actually wouldn't work anyway (we tried it). Something is broken in > that Nat.Semi PHY's autonegotiation. Sometimes it works, other times not. > And some boards were more susceptible to failing. > > You really need a 100mbps switch, or a 1Gbps switch that you can > down-speed to lock the port to 100mbps. > > Jason > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " > [email protected]" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/D5D51B6A-2024-4B77-9FC7-7E84CE46DF6F%40ska.ac.za > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[email protected]" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAG67D34keSLJjoTLLjOVHXA0WEcsPbxTyb6p9F10rz%3DPcvcF0w%40mail.gmail.com.
