2009/4/22 Mangesh S. Umbarje <mangesh@gmrt.ncra.tifr.res.in>

The machine has a static IP. If I try to change speed or
autoneg or both the network completely stops. It starts working only after
I issue service network restart.

You can't have a gigabit connection with autoneg off and to manually set the speed you'd need to set it on both sides of the connection...

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