Re: How to slow-down a PCMCIA ethernet card
Mike Alborn, 2002-Jan-16 08:48 -0800:
> This is from the 'ifconfig' man page:
>
> media type
> Set the physical port or medium type to be used by the device.
> Not all devices can change this setting, and those that can vary
> in what values they support. Typical values for type are 10base2
> .. 10baseT .. and so on. The special medium type of auto can be
> used .. Again, not all drivers support this.
>
> I have never tried this myself, but if you use something like 'ifconfig
> eth0 media 10baseT' when you bring up the interface, you may be able to
> force it to use the speed you want.
>
> HTH,
Check out ifport
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
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