hi thanks for the replies but i was finally able to solve the problem ......... the link speed was not detected properly and i chnaged the ethtool_options to fix it at 100mbps full
with love from ankur bajaj http://ankur-bajaj.blogspot.com Mike Ditka <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mike_ditka.html> - "If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms." On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Shiv <[email protected]> wrote: > > ankur bajaj <[email protected]> > > > suse correctly identified my intel pro/100 ethernet > > card but the light for > > > lan in my modem does not get switched on when i use > > suse > > > You could also use the ethtool command to check for link state. e.g. when I > run this command without the cable being connected to my eth0, it gives me > this-- > > $sudo ethtool eth0 > Settings for eth0: > Supported ports: [ TP ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised link modes: Not reported > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Speed: Unknown! > Duplex: Unknown! (255) > Port: Twisted Pair > PHYAD: 0 > Transceiver: internal > Auto-negotiation: on > Supports Wake-on: pg > Wake-on: d > Current message level: 0x0000003f (63) > Link detected: no > > With Warm Regards, > Shivkumar > linux user no: 450769 > blog: outbackwifi.blogspot.com > profile: www.linkedin.com/in/shivjags > > > > > > > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. > http://in.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
