mii-tool and dsl?

[Jeff Vian]

Mike Burger wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Jeff Vian wrote:
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>>>>>I have dual builtin Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigait Ethernet 
>>>>>Controller. My hub is 10 Mbit, but both the DSL eth0 and the 
>>>>>hub eth1 show 10 Mbit.  It seems I remember the DSL link eth0 
>>>>>showing as 100 Mbit with RH 9.
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>>>>It may have, but I doubt it. Most DSL routers/modems have 10Mb
>>>>interfaces. It doesn't make sense for them to be built anyother way. The
>>>>newer chipsets are more expensive and would add to the cirduit board
>>>>real estate.
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>>>Are you kidding?  I haven't seen a current model of cable or DSL 
>>>router/modems that doesn't do 100meg on their ethernet ports.
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>>Mine won't and it is < 6 month old.
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>Both of the DSL modems I've had, as well as both cable modems I've owned, 
>and every DSL modem I've installed for other people have all had 100meg 
>ports...either in a 4-5 port switch, or in the port that connected right 
>to the PC/router/firewall.
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>Interesting.
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>As I noted, a few seconds ago, I'm surprised that the manufacturers are 
>even bothering...I can't imagine that 10meg chipsets are that plentiful, 
>anymore.
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The switch/hub is a different animal than the modem connection.  I would 
be surprised if the switch part  did not have 10/100 ports,  However I 
would also be surprised if the actual wan port had anything other than a 
10Mb port.