[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D-Man) writes: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:01:49PM -0400, Felipe Alvarez Harnecker wrote: > | > | Hi, > | > | is it possible to query the kernel ( 2.2.19 ) if a given ethernet card > | is in half o full duplex mode ? > > Most cards (that I have/have seen) have LEDs near the RJ-45 jack. > They usually tell you. The switch I have also indicates whether the > connection is 10 or 100 and whether it is Full or half duplex. I > don't know why, but the 2 ISA NE2000 clones that are supposedly > full-duplex don't appear on the switch as full-duplex.
As I understand it, the card and the switch look at each other and determine what features they share. Some clones, esp. the older ones do not always communicate their abilities correctly. -- * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 *
