> I am investigating a slow link connection I set up between two machines. > > I installed a second nic in both with a direct utp (crossover) connection > between the two. > The primary LAN connection can transfer data at a very high rate, but the > secondary > direct connection transfer rate is around 1Mb per second at best. > > The mii tools fails as follows, Is someone able to explain to me why the > mii-tool fails > to determine the second nic details? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [root@ADCLXDMT01 sysman]# mii-tool > eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-HD, link ok > SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth1' failed: Operation not supported What NIC? What specific kernel version? Have you tried ethtool instead? Apparently ethtool is the new api for doing mii stuff to network cards these days. -- Matthew Galgoci System Administrator Red Hat, Inc 919.754.3700 x44155 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
