Re: how to enable Flow Control on CentOS?

[m.roth@xxxxxxxxx]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On 7/7/2011 9:24 AM, R - elists wrote:
>>
>>> A minor detail - I think you *must* have autoneg set first -
>>> it applies them one after the other, in my experience.
>>>
>>> ETHTOOL_OPTS="autoneg off speed 100 duplex full"
>>
>> in this case though, it is gigE so dont use 100
>>
>> it was used cause cisco typically should be hard set for speed and
>> duplex so
>> you never have to guess or worry
>
> Errr, perhaps you mean because old cisco stuff didn't negotiate
> reliably?  You always have to worry when you have hard set options
> because it won't work when someone changes the equipment at the other end.

I thought we were talking about NIC's and the use of ethtool, not Cisco
switches. And don't get me started on the networking turkey, er, team
here.

        mark

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