On Mon, Aug 09, 1999 at 07:39:15PM +0100, Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho wrote: > What Windows NT does, that I'm sure I need, it's force both network cards to > 10Mbits FullDuplex. > I'm unable to get 100Mbits - still didn't test but it seems I've an UTP cat3 > cable. :-( > > So, probably, Linux is not forcing each network card to 10MBits but for > autodetecting ... autodetection sucks from all I heard.
> Could someone give me the options I should use to force it to 10 MBits ?
Use the driver as a module, don't use a driver compiled directly into the
kernel (Or use lilo to pass options to the driver but I won't describe that
here) Then use the line
rtl8139 options=0x02 full_duplex=1
The "0x02" comes from the following definition:
/* Media selection options. */
enum {
IF_PORT_UNKNOWN = 0,
IF_PORT_10BASE2,
IF_PORT_10BASET,
IF_PORT_AUI,
IF_PORT_100BASET,
IF_PORT_100BASETX,
IF_PORT_100BASEFX
};
This appears not to be documented except in the source.
Nils
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