[CentOS] C5 64-bit on Dell not seeing 1 GB link

Barry Brimer lists at brimer.org
Wed Feb 20 03:14:41 UTC 2008


> I've got a Dell Precision Workstation 490 with 64-bit Centos 5, fully 
> updated, with an on-board Broadcom 57xx gigabit Ethernet controller, updated 
> BIOS, 1 GB switch, and /var/log/messages and dmesg both claim the link is 100 
> Mb, not 1 GB.
>
> I tried setting eth0 to mtu 9000 but got an error in going so.
>
> What do I need to do to have the card see 1 gb?

I would run "ethtool eth0" and look at the output.  What does ethtool 
think your card is running at?  I would also run "ethtool -s eth0 autoneg 
on" which should set the card in autonegotiation mode .. which should set 
your card to 1 Gb.

Barry



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