Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-03 Thread David Goodenough
On Friday 03 November 2006 00:14, Andrew Ritchie wrote: > I had the need to set FD with mii-tool too. It had to do with the > network card and the switch not playing nicely. > > The permanent fix was put the line > > eepro100 options=2100 > > in the /etc/modules file. > > Depending on your network

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread Andrew Ritchie
I had the need to set FD with mii-tool too. It had to do with the network card and the switch not playing nicely. The permanent fix was put the line eepro100 options=2100 in the /etc/modules file. Depending on your network card and how the driver is installed, that might be your best option.

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread Rodrigo Paes
On 11/2/06, David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 02 November 2006 18:52, Rodrigo Paes wrote: > Hi... > >Did u try using ethtool ? how about putting "spanning-tree > portfast" on the switch port ? I have not tried ethtool, why do you believe it might work differently? I do n

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 02 November 2006 18:52, Rodrigo Paes wrote: > Hi... > >Did u try using ethtool ? how about putting "spanning-tree > portfast" on the switch port ? I have not tried ethtool, why do you believe it might work differently? I do not have control of the switch, so I can not change that.

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread Greg Folkert
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 03:30 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > >

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread Rodrigo Paes
Hi... Did u try using ethtool ? how about putting "spanning-tree portfast" on the switch port ? []s rodrigo On 11/2/06, George Borisov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Goodenough wrote: > > Unfortunately post-up does not help, it is still marked as HD after an ifup. Hmm, that's pretty weird

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread George Borisov
David Goodenough wrote: > > Unfortunately post-up does not help, it is still marked as HD after an ifup. Hmm, that's pretty weird. I only have one box where I have to force the media type option (to 10baseT-FD) and there I have it in a script that runs at S41 and it works just fine. :-/ -- Geo

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 02 November 2006 11:30, Tyler MacDonald wrote: > David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > >

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread Tyler MacDonald
David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > Unfort

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 02 November 2006 10:25, George Borisov wrote: > David Goodenough 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 m

Re: What is the Debian way to set ethernet media

2006-11-02 Thread George Borisov
David Goodenough 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. Hope this helps, -- George Borisov DXSo