I have tried the mii-tool as suggested by alexander.janssen@gmx.de it did
help to some extent but I was not successful in the overall situation
I would like to elaborate the setup in more detail
A(eth0) <----->distance 2mts <---> (intel Switch 550T) <---->distance30mts
(hub) distance 20mts <--->B(eth0) (eth1 wireless card wan) < ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ >
(eth1 wireless card wan) (eth0) <---->distance 2mts (hub) <------>distance
10mts (PC)
A(eth0) the value of this interface card as per the dmesg of the box is as
below
eth0: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100], 00:90:27:B2:04:82, IRQ 10.
Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
Board assembly 677173-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
B(eth0) the value of this interface card as per the dmesg of the box is as
below
eth0: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100], 00:90:27:24:EC:8C, IRQ 15.
Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
Board assembly 689661-004, Physical connectors present: RJ45
Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
B(eth1) this is a wireless aironet 4800 isa card mounted on a RH 7.3 box
who's bitrate is set to 11mbps and its status is as below
Every 2s: /bin/cat /proc/driver/aironet/eth1/Status
Fri Jan 3 16:20:26 2003
Mode: 1f
Signal Strength: 57
Signal Quality: 125
SSID: solgold
AP:
Freq: 0
BitRate: 11mbs
Driver Version: airo.c 1.5.2 2001/01/22 (Benjamin Reed ) + CISCO EXTENTIONS
Device: PC4800A
Manufacturer: Aironet Wireless Communications
Firmware Version: 3.82
Radio type: 2
Country: 1
Hardware Version: 52
Software Version: 382
Software Subversion: 0
Boot block version: 138
C(eth1) this is a wireless aironet 4800 isa card mounted on a MikroTik 2.4
ver router box who's bitrate is set to 11mbps and its status is as below
[GOLDEN] > interface pc monitor pc1
quality: 48
strength: 142
current-rate: 11Mbit/s
current-frequency: 2452MHz
synchronized: yes
associated: no
ssid: solgold
access-point: CA:03:35:02:16:02
access-point-name:
error-number: 0
Regards,
Vishal Gandhi
----- Original Message -----
From: <alexander.janssen@gmx.de>
To: "Vishal Gandhi Kommineni" <vishal@southernonline.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [LARTC] speed problem
> Vishal Gandhi Kommineni wrote:
> > Warm wishes for the new year 2003,
>
> Thanks.
>
> > How do i make sure that both the ethernet cards are running in half or
> > full duplex mode, how do i check if weathere an ethernet is in half or
> > full duplex mode
>
> You can use mii-tool. To set eth0 to 100MBit/s halfduplex, run:
>
> # mii-tool -F 100BaseTx-HD eth0
>
> Note: This only works if your card supports this. Or should i say if the
> driver supports it? Anyway, give it a try.
>
> > Thanks in advance
> > Vishal Gandhi
>
> You're welcome, cheers,
> Alex.
>
> --
> "The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most
> experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in. We're
> computer professionals. We cause accidents."
> -- Nathaniel Borenstein
>
>
