On Sunday 06 January 2008, Chuck Remes wrote: > A service provider has forced all of their switch ports to 100/full. I > need to do the same on a box running archlinux x86_64 w/kernel 2.6.22- > ARCH and the Intel e1000 driver. > > I edited /etc/modprobe.conf to contain these lines: > > e1000 Speed=100,100,100,100 > e1000 Duplex=2,2,2,2 > > However, the messages in /var/log/kernel.log indicate the interfaces > are still coming up as 100/half which implies they are still > attempting to autonegotiate and failing therefore defaulting to 100 > (which can be sensed) and half-duplex (which can't be sensed, so this > is the default). > > What's the best way to force the driver into 100/full on boot? I think you want this in modprobe.conf: alias eth0 e1000 options e1000 Speed=100 Duplex=2 This works for me, but you can check it with ethtool afterwards.
