Subj : Re: Network Interface Settings in modprobe.conf
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Fri Oct 08 2004 09:42 am

Nyarlathotep enlightened us with:
> When my computer boots up the network card comes up as
>
> eth0: no autonegotiation, 100baseTx-HD, link ok
>
> I want it in 100baseTx-FD mode at boot up.

Ok, fair enough.

> Assuming that the right place to do this is in modprobe.conf, how do
> I do this.

Why do you assume things, when you obviously don't have the knowledge
to make such an assumption? We can't help you out - you never told us
anything about your distribution, etc.

> I currently execute:
>
> /sbin/mii-tool --force 100baseTx-FD eth0
>
> to put eth0 in
>
> eth0: 100 Mbit, full duplex, link ok

That's ok. Put it in your distribution's startup script, or use
modules.conf to execute it once the module for eth0 is loaded.

Sybren
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