Re: I want to force 1/2 duplex from my network card. How?

[Jeff Vian <jvian10 charter net>]

Gilbert Sebenste wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Jeff Vian wrote:
>
>  
>
> > > > you will be presented some basic description and the allowed parameters.
> > > > Combining all the above info, you can infer what this entry on my
> > > > /etc/modules.conf does:
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > OK, but as it turns out, there are no modules for this card. I do have a 
> > > second card in there, a 3com501, and Kudzu won't even recognize it. I 
> > > believe there's a big bug to swat for that one in bugzilla. Anyway...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > options nvnet duplex=2 > 
> > > > (answer: it is saying that nvnet modules should be loaded with
> > > > param 'duplex' set to 2, which means full-duplex on my case).
> > > >
> > > > TIP: do a 'man modprobe'.
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Yep. Unfortunately, I don't have any modules for it, and I don't know 
> > > where to get one.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > There is a module loaded for it, or it would not work.
> >
> > Post the output of lsmod and we can help identify it for you.
> >    
>
> OK. Here it is:
>
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> emu10k1                67368   0  (autoclean)
> ac97_codec             16744   0  (autoclean) [emu10k1]
> sound                  72276   0  (autoclean) [emu10k1]
> soundcore               6468   7  (autoclean) [emu10k1 sound]
> parport_pc             18756   1  (autoclean)
> lp                      8580   0  (autoclean)
> parport                37056   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> ide-cd                 34432   0  (autoclean)
> cdrom                  34592   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
> autofs                 12084   0  (autoclean) (unused)
> e1000                  71232   1
>  
^^^^^^^^
This is a driver for an
       description: "Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver"
      author:      "Intel Corporation, <linux nics intel com>"
as shown by "modinfo e1000"

If that is your card, then work with that one to set the parameters you 
need.

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