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

[Scott R. Ehrlich]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Adam Breaux wrote:

> Are you using CAT5e or CAT6 cabling? What brand of switch are you using?

I was misinformed.   The desktop connections are actually 100 Mb.

But, we did get to learn about a few tools and methods to check the link 
and make changes, so it was not wasted time.

Sorry 'bout that.

Scott

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> On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 9:56 PM, Scott Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Scott
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