network running at 10 or 100, how to tell -- MII v. GBIC

[thebs413 at earthlink.net (Bryan J. Smith)]

Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> mii-tool  doesnt give you gigabit speeds  it will work for
> 10/100  not 
> 10/100/1000 

Correct, because the Media Independent Interface (MII) PHY
(physical chip) specification pre-dates GbE.  It was designed
for FE.

Ethtool works with the newer GigaBit Interface Converter
(GBIC) PHY specification.


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