4 Jan
2006
4 Jan
'06
4:34 p.m.
Dennis Gilmore dennis@ausil.us wrote:
mii-tool doesnt give you gigabit speeds it will work for 10/100 not 10/100/1000
Correct, because the Media Independent Interface (MII) PHY (physical chip) specification pre-dates GbE. It was designed for FE.
Ethtool works with the newer GigaBit Interface Converter (GBIC) PHY specification.
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