Re: Unidentified subject!
Marc Segelken, 2001-Dec-15 20:57 +0100:
> Dear All,
>
> Maybe someone could help me with a stupid network-card problem:
>
> A friend of mine has a Realtek 8139 ATX network card working fine up to now. Recent changes in their LAN now require to set the network card to half-duplex, which unfortunately is not detected automatically by the network card.
>
> How can I force it to half-duplex under linux? How can I force it to 10Mbit?
You can use 'ifport' to change theses settings. If this feature
is not supported by the driver, you'll see a message indicating
that upon execution.
If the feature is supported, you can make the change permanent by
using the 'up' option in 'interfaces'.
Check:
# man ifport
# man interfaces
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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