Yes. The NIC should be able to auto-negotiate the traffic speed and set it's capacity at 10BASE-TX Kind Regards, Chris Knipe MegaLAN Corporate Networking Services Tel: +27 21 854 7064 Cell: +27 72 434 7582 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amit Kucheria" <amitk@ittc.ku.edu> To: <linux-net@vger.kernel.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 12:12 AM Subject: 100 Mbit NIC and 10Mbit switch > Hi, > > Can I connect a 100Mbit NIC to a 10Mbit switch without having to configure > the NIC using mii-tool? > > I am trying to create a network where in the edges are 100Mbit and the > core is 10Mbit as follows: > > 100Mbit 10Mbit 100Mbit > |*******| <----------> |*******| <----------> |*******| > switch switch switch > > All my network interfaces and switches work at 100Mbit and I am wondering > if I need to buy a 10Mbit switch for the core. I know that i can use > mii-tool to force the NIC to work at 10Mbit, but is it reliable? > > Any ideas, pointers welcome. > TIA. > > Regards, > Amit > > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
