Re: mii-tool, old RH

["Taylor, ForrestX" <forrestx taylor intel com>]

Jennifer Miller-Smith wrote:
> I have successfully used mii-tool in RH 7.1,7.2,&7.3 to modify the speed &
> duplex setting of about half of my nodes (65).
>
> The old nodes have RH 6.1, 62, & 7.0.  I have read some archived email and
> I believe that ifconfig will not modify speed & duplex setting and I need
> to download the appropriate net-tools?

Yes, correct.  You can add options to the ethernet modules, or you can 
download and install mii-tool from 
http://scyld.com/page/support/network.  You can also find information 
about adding options for your modules there.

> Can someone please confirm this or re-direct me?  I am just back from
> vacation.

I hope that you had a good vacation ;o)

Forrest
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