On Tuesday 19 January 2010 01:28:07 Keith Dart wrote: > === On Mon, 01/18, Stroller wrote: === > > > I'm not ruling out the cable, because it's pretty beat up (but the > > switch *is* lighting up as 1000), but how do I determine, please, > > that the Linux server at the other end is recognising the NIC and > > negotiating as gigabit speeds? > > === > > ethtool eth0 > > emerge ethtool if you don't have it. > > Not all chips/drivers support the ioctls necessary to report that, but > most recent ones do.
You can also run good ol' lshw. It'll show you what it has negotiated with the switch: configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver= [snip ...] multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s -- Regards, Mick
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