[TriLUG] change speed/duplex on xircom pcmcia NIC?

[Jason Tower]

it may be loaded as a part of pcmcia services which is why it doesn't show up 
in modules.conf (i'm not a laptop user so i have minimal experience with 
pcmcia/cardbus stuff).  if you do a lsmod, you should be able to find the 
module.  rmmod it to remove it, then re-add it with the options yuo want:

insmod (or modprobe) 3c59x speed=100 duplex=full

i'm just winging it, have no idea if this will work or not.

jason

On Friday 14 February 2003 11:52, Lisa Lorenzin wrote:
> > i remember this from a while back, but i think you can set the speed and
> > duplex at the module level.  to wit, in /etc/modules.conf:
> >
> > alias eth0 3c59x
> > options 3c59x speed=100 duplex=full  <---add this line
>
> i saw references to that on the 'net, but there isn't an entry for eth0 in
> my /etc/modules.conf - that just has:
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> alias usb-controller usb-uhci
>
> so i'm guessing the xircom-cb driver is compiled in, rather than a module.
> not sure how to interact with it in that case.
>
> > dunno if this is supported by all nic modules but it's worth a shot.
> > alternatively is it permissible to put the speed and duplex lines in
> > ifcfg-eth0?  never tried that but it seems logical.
>
> i'll give that a try.  i don't see any references for it, tho, so it may
> be logical but not realistic. :)
>
> 							lisa