On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Preetish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This depends on how much support for the MII interface is present in the > NIC > > driver in use. I have come across drivers that do not implement MII > > completely and this mii-tool is unable to show you the correct link > status, > > regardless of the interface status. > > > > Thus mii-tool's output does not always reflect reality as far as the link > > status is concerned. > > So i guess the summary will be that none of the tools are perfect :( >
hey guys - from my exp - mii-tool is not capable of reporting correctly for NICs linking at 1000mbps FD - ethtool can do that -- so yeah if all NICs are ifconfig up'ed - ethtool is probably a better tool than mii-tool HTH _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
