Does this happen while not doing NIC bonding? It looks like a NIC problem not a nic-bonding issue, maybe a drive issue. (emulex or Qlogic) ________________________________ From: William Reich <reich@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 3:19:36 PM Subject: bonding - failed to get speed of NIC ? I have a system setup with IP bonding. The NIC cards are 1gig, but sometimes, not always, I get this error ( below ) which makes the NICs into 100Mbps. ( observed on the RH 4 Update 4 system. ) Anybody know why ? wr ++++++++ Aug 25 14:05:55 jazz kernel: bonding: Warning: failed to get speed/duplex from eth3, speed forced to 100Mbps, duplex forced to Full. Aug 25 14:05:55 jazz kernel: bonding: bond0: making interface eth3 the new active one. Aug 25 14:05:55 jazz kernel: bonding: bond0: enslaving eth3 as an active interface with an up link. ... Aug 25 14:05:55 jazz ifup: Enslaving eth4 to bond0 Aug 25 14:05:55 jazz kernel: bonding: Warning: failed to get speed/duplex from eth4, speed forced to 100Mbps, duplex forced to Full. Aug 25 14:05:55 jazz kernel: bonding: bond0: enslaving eth4 as a backup interface with an up link. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
