[CentOS] link speed
Craig White
craigwhite at azapple.com
Thu Sep 18 19:37:39 UTC 2008
On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 15:05 -0400, John Kordash wrote:
> > Craig White írta:
> > > Is there a command line way to tell me whether a ethernet
> > connection is
> > > 100 BaseT or Gigabit Ethernet?
> >
> > mii-tool
>
>
> My experience with mii-tool on CentOS4 and 5 is that it won't show link speed above 100 even if it is. If the OP is trying to differentiate 100 vs. 1000, then I would suggest using ethtool instead.
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yup...mii-tool didn't report what I wanted...
# mii-tool
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
eth1: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
but ethtool did...
# 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: 100Mb/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
[root at srv kbenedetto]# ethtool eth1
Settings for eth1:
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
Thanks
Craig
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