[Gllug] courier slow

[countd]

On 2/21/08, Anthony Newman <anthony.newman at ossified.net> wrote:
> countd wrote:
> > Well, turns out it was half duplex. I've managed to change this and it
> > _seems_ more responsive - I've no way to actually test this though.
> > Many thanks! Now I need to work out how to make this change persistant
> > under debian - or will it remain that way after the change in
> > mii-tool?
>
> Best to use ethtool imho, mii-tool is a bit old skool and more modern
> network interfaces often won't respond to it. The converse may of course
> be true if you use ancient hardware :D
>
> Adding an 'up' command into /etc/network/interfaces is usually what's
> required when autoneg fails; e.g.
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 1.2.3.4
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> up ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full

Thank you for this, I'd gone with another solution[1], but this is
certainly more elegant. Thanks all, it's been a learning experience.
:)

[1]. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-add-ethtool-duplex-settings-permanent.html

brgds
countd
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