On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Indraveni Karangula wrote: > Hi, > > mii-tool => only gives information whether the link is up or not, thus > used to see whether our drivers are properly installed and is our network > card detected properly. > > ifconfig -> gives information about the ip set to the system, mak address, > gateway etc. also it can used to set the ip address temporarily to the > system like, *ifconfig eth0 <ip address>* > > regards > indraveni > >
Really ? In that case, what is the difference between mii-tool and ethtool ? Ethtool is a very comprehensive tool to display or update ethernet /NIC card properties. My search for mii-tool differentiator continues! thanks Saifi.
