[mythtv-users] Ethernet troubles.

[Michael Heironimus]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 07:06:27PM -0600, clemens at dwf.com wrote:
>     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 tells you what the local interface thinks the current settings
are, though the other end doesn't always agree. ethtool also lets you
force the speed/duplex on most adapters, but gigabit should always be
autonegotiated.

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Michael Heironimus