Robert Spangler wrote:
On Tuesday 09 September 2008 17:00, Scott Silva wrote:
Either way, ethtool should show you detected and current link states on the connection ;
That is not always the case. I cannot get ethtool to work.
~ $ /sbin/ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: No data available
And yes I have eth0 up and running.
were you logged on as root? ('$' tends to imply you were not)...
# /usr/sbin/ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 100Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x000000ff (255) Link detected: yes
$ /usr/sbin/ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Cannot get device settings: Operation not permitted Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted Cannot get message level: Operation not permitted Cannot get link status: Operation not permitted No data available