[CVALE] Ethernet Port

[Terry]

Thanks Dennis,

I just checked and ethtool is installed and appears to work on my computer.


Terry


Dennis Baker wrote:
> ethtool eth0 (or eth1) should give you a rundown on the network interface
> information.
> 
> Alternately I found a ton of informtaion in /proc on my one system... but
> can't seem to find it here.  Probably a kernel version thing :(  
> Anyhow.  If
> you have ethtool installed it gives you most everything you need.  For what
> it's worth this is also the way you manipulate the physical aspect of your
> ethernet interface.  (speed, duplex and autonegociation.
> 
> Example here:
> 
> root at lazarus:/proc# ethtool eth0
> 
> Settings for eth0:
>        Supported ports: [ MII ]
>        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>                                1000baseT/Full
>        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
>        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
>                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
>                                1000baseT/Full
>        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
>        Speed: 100Mb/s
>        Duplex: Full
>        Port: MII
>        PHYAD: 1
>        Transceiver: external
>        Auto-negotiation: on
>        Supports Wake-on: g
>        Wake-on: d
>        Link detected: yes
> 
>