[mythtv-users] Ethernet troubles.

[mythtv at blandford.net]

clemens at dwf.com wrote:
> I have a MythTV server in my office (at home), and have just moved
> the Mythtv-frontend into my living room with my new TV.
> 
> Im having all sorts of ethernet problems, and would be interested to
> hear from anyone who has had similar problems, or has an obvious solution.
> 
> First, all the cables mentioned are Cat 6.
> When connected with one 6' cable (both machines in the office) I see 1000Mbps
> transfer speeds.
> 
>     Of Topic: is there ANY WAY to tell a what speed an ethernet is running
>               at?  /sbin/ifconfig doesnt seem to return this info, and the
> 	      only place I see a speed is in the messages file when the 
> 	      connection is first made.


ethtool <interface> will usually give you the speed for most network cards.

Michael