 | | | NIC speed | NIC speed 2006-01-30 - By steve
Back
As far as I know, mii-tool only recognizes 10/100 NIC cards.
Its difficult to get this from the man page, but FWIW.
To handle such devices, the MII protocol also
allows for establishing a link by simply detecting either a
10baseT or
100baseT link beat.
I would trust ethtool.
Tech Guy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> FTP connection is kind of slow on my server running Redhat 3.0
> When I tried to view the NIC speed using mii-tool and ethtool, they
> both show different speeds. mii-tool shows 100Mbps and ethtool shows
> 1000Mbps
>
> # mii-tool -v eth0
> eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok
> product info: vendor 00:aa:00, model 56 rev 0
> basic mode: autonegotiation enabled
> basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
> capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
> advertising: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
> flow-control
> link partner: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
>
>
> # ethtool eth0
> Settings for eth0:
> Supported ports: [ TP ]
> Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> 1000baseT/Full
> Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
> Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
> 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
> 1000baseT/Full
> Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> Speed: 1000Mb/s
> Duplex: Full
> Port: Twisted Pair
> PHYAD: 0
> Transceiver: internal
> Auto-negotiation: on
> Supports Wake-on: umbg
> Wake-on: d
> Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
> Link detected: yes
>
> dmesg shows "e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps
> Full Duplex"
>
> which is the correct setting? is it 100 or 1000 Mbps ?
> what could be the cause for a slow FTP connection. All other servers
> are fine except this.
>
> I appreciate your suggestions and help
>
> Thx in advance
> TG
>
__ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
Redhat-install-list mailing list
Redhat-install-list@(protected)
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list
To Unsubscribe Go To ABOVE URL or send a message to:
redhat-install-list-request@(protected)
Subject: unsubscribe
Earn $52 per hosting referral at Lunarpages.
|
|
|