on 9-9-2008 1:07 PM David Petruzzella spake the following:
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos-IFYaIzF+flcdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:22:53 -0700
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I agree but this is a newer ambit modem and if it was the case then mine and the cable guy's laptop would experience the same results.
Not necessarily. Many companies focus heavy development on their windows drivers, but their linux offerings are either second-teir, or reverse engineered.
Either way, ethtool should show you detected and current link states on the connection ;
ethtool eth0 Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ MII ] 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: 1000Mb/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