On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 16:17:58 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 09:07:50PM +0100, Marc Segelken wrote:
> | 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? > > Why would you want to force it to half-duplex or 10Mbit if the other > side of the link can to full-duplex and/or 100Mbit? That is the > purpose of the autonegotiation -- to pick the best mode supported by > both sides of the link. > As I have mentioned, autonegotiation fails according to the status lights. There is no connection indicated by the LEDs while on the other hand running from windows with forcing usage of half-duplex, there is one. I agree that this is a strange LAN ... So, is it possible to force half-duplex? Marc
