[KLUG Members] duplex setting on an ethernet card?

[Kevin Mitchell]

Thanks Adam,

I also found ethtool which works on some ethernet cards that mii-tool does
not (like my Tigon 3 card).

Kevin

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Adam Williams wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 14:02, Kevin Mitchell wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a way to tell the current duplex setting on an
> > ethernet card in Linux?  Is there something in /proc that might let me
> > know?  I know certain cards show it upon reboot (or dmesg if the machine
> > hasn't been up for too long), but not 3com 3c590s.  I also would hate to
> > have to reboot boxes to find out and lose my good uptime. ;)
>
> [root@estate2 awilliam]# /sbin/mii-tool -?
> usage: /sbin/mii-tool [-VvRrwl] [-A media,... | -F media] [interface
> ...]
>        -V, --version               display version information
>        -v, --verbose               more verbose output
>        -R, --reset                 reset MII to poweron state
>        -r, --restart               restart autonegotiation
>        -w, --watch                 monitor for link status changes
>        -l, --log                   with -w, write events to syslog
>        -A, --advertise=media,...   advertise only specified media
>        -F, --force=media           force specified media technology
> media: 100baseT4, 100baseTx-FD, 100baseTx-HD, 10baseT-FD, 10baseT-HD,
>        (to advertise both HD and FD) 100baseTx, 10baseT
>
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