Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

[Tyler MacDonald <tyler@yi.org>]

David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com> wrote:
> > > If I issue a mii-tool -F 100baseTx-FD eth1 manually it seems to accept
> > > the FD, but if I put it in the /etc/network/interfaces file in a pre-up
> > > or up I end up with HD.
> >
> > I think maybe post-up would be more appropriate here.
> Unfortunately post-up does not help, it is still marked as HD after an ifup.

If we can figure out the exact position this works for you, it would be
possible to add a script to net-tools in /etc/network/if-whatever.d to make
these standard interfaces options (mii-force-media or something). *then*
there would be a "Debian way" to set ethernet media. :)

	- Tyler