On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Stefan Jakobsson wrote:
> I'm running Tru64 V5.1 on a bunch of machines (2 DS10's, 3 DS20's and an
> ES40). The problem we are encountering is that even tho we set the network
> cards to FastFD in the cosole, once they boot the OS, they revert back to
> 100 Mbps HALF duplex. I tried sysman, but that doesnt do jack to change
> the network cards settings to full duplex.
>
> Anyone have any bright ideas on how to get this working? We really NEED
> the machines to talk full duplex for backup purposes.
As to Michael Enk's suggestion:
Using the lan_config program.
In inet.local, add the following line.
/usr/sbin/lan_config -i <iface> -s 100 -x 1
Where -i should be followed by the interface name. -s indicates speed and
-x indicates duplex mode. Unfortunatly, this will ONLY work for tuX
interfaces under Tru64 5.
The solution instead came from Mike Whitaker:
In rc.config there is a line which sets ip adress and netmask. It usually
looks like this:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Att the end of that line, add this:
speed 200
This will ensure that your nic will boot with the speed setting of 200,
which according to ifconfig man page equals 100 Mbps and full duplex.
Reg, Stefan Jakobsson
SAP Center, Platform Build
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Received on Tue Nov 28 2000 - 10:35:54 NZDT