[CentOS] gigE -> 100Mb problems

[John R Pierce]

On 10/10/2016 11:21 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 10/10/2016 09:31 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>>
>> oh. 
>
> Yeah, the entire "net-tools" package is deprecated.  I tend to forget 
> which of the two (ethtool or mii-tool) is in that set.
>
> # Avoid using any of these:
> $ rpm -ql net-tools 

/bin/dnsdomainname
/bin/domainname
/bin/hostname
/bin/netstat
/bin/nisdomainname
/bin/ypdomainname
/sbin/ether-wake
/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/ipmaddr
/sbin/iptunnel
/sbin/mii-diag
/sbin/mii-tool
/sbin/nameif
/sbin/plipconfig
/sbin/route
/sbin/slattach


ok, so the mii-* stuff is deprecated (as is route, ifconfig, netstat, 
and arp? sigh).

apparently the network administrator went ahead and forced the switch 
port to use gigE, so its no longer in the 'broken' state of 
autonegotiating 100baseT.


-- 
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz