On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Jean-Yves Provost wrote:
> > > Can anyone tell me how to find out if my ethernet interface is running
> > > at 10 or 100 Mbps?
> > > I had a poke at files in /proc without finding it.
> >
> > What kinda of hub/upstream device is it connected to?
>
> That's cheating ;-) , I was looking for a command line telling me what
> speed was negotiated by the LAN adaptor (LINUX controlled) with the
> hub/switch.
It's not cheating - it's often the only way to find out - even under
"well supported" operating systems like WindoZe - interrogate the
hub/switch.
With all but the most advanced cards {3Com, Intel and the like}, there's
almost no feedback mechanism from the NIC to the OS - except to say "Yup,
I'm connected to the network". And even the advanced ones have to
physically disable the network to query the card, more often than not.
Good luck. If you find something, let us all know. :-)
DaZZa
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