> > Again this depends on the driver. Look at it's parameters.
> Sorry for being a bit dumb but how do I do this? I've searched the doc
> for 'ifconfig' and also looked though linuxconf. It can't be that hard
> to enable full-duplex for a card, can it?! I had a hard time searching
> goggle and linuxdocs for anything.
Usually the negotiation is done automagically by the hardware of the card.
However, sometimes it may be better to disable full duplex (i had a switch
once that was claiming to be full-duplex but didn't work properly in that
mode).
The place to look for parameters is the documentation of the particular card
module (/usr/src/linux/Documentation/......) or if that fails, look at the
source code of the driver. Usually you'll find the description of the
parameters in the header.
The parameters are passed to the module when it's initially inserted in the
kernel.
Once it works from command line, you can add the parameters of the with an
options directive in /etc/conf.modules (redhat ->6.2) or /etc/modules.conf
(redhat 7->).
Dave
