topic Full Duplex in Operating System - Linux

Full Duplex

Sivasingam Santhakumar — Thu, 08 May 2003 11:31:15 GMT

Hi,

We got our Proliant DL320 with two NIC NC6770 models GB cards. I want to set this to 100mbs full duplex mode.
1. What options should I put in /etc/modules.conf file for eth1 (only one is active at the moment)

2. I need to set up a Linux fax stand-alone server (different from 1). This should be capable of sending 500 faxes per week. EFax or HylaFax should I go for?.

Thanks
Come-on points waiting.............

Re: Full Duplex

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 08 May 2003 11:54:59 GMT

1) which driver do you use?

for example, for bcm5700 I use

auto_speed=0 line_speed=100 full_duplex=1

vitaly

Re: Full Duplex

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 08 May 2003 11:55:05 GMT

1) which driver do you use?

for example, for bcm5700 I use

auto_speed=0 line_speed=100 full_duplex=1

vitaly

Re: Full Duplex

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 08 May 2003 11:55:35 GMT

1) which driver do you use?

for example, for bcm5700 I use

auto_speed=0 line_speed=100 full_duplex=1

vitaly

Re: Full Duplex

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 08 May 2003 11:55:47 GMT

1) which driver do you use?

for example, for bcm5700 I use

auto_speed=0 line_speed=100 full_duplex=1

vitaly

Re: Full Duplex

Balaji N — Thu, 08 May 2003 12:00:04 GMT

hi,

in your modules.conf add the options argument to your specific module to pass options.

alias eth0 XXXXX
options XXXX par1 par2
etc...

use mii-tool to determine the current settings of your lan card.

hth
-balaji

Re: Full Duplex

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 08 May 2003 12:07:22 GMT

according to http://h18004.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/locate/88_4762.html#7

HP recommends the same bcm5700 driver as I use for my ML370, so I recommend you to put options from my first letter to your /etc/modules.conf.

BTW, mii-tools doesn't work with bcm5700 driver

Regards,
Vitaly

Re: Full Duplex

Sivasingam Santhakumar — Fri, 09 May 2003 05:12:38 GMT

Hi Vitaly,

Thanks for your help. I am following the documentation. According to the document I need the Kernel Source Code and need to build the source tree. My kernel is
2.4.18-27.8.0. The box is alredy harden up for sendmail. Where can I get the source and how do I build source tree?

Thanks again

Re: Full Duplex

Balaji N — Fri, 09 May 2003 05:34:07 GMT

hi,

you can download the kernel source from www.kernel.org. chances are that your distribution also has them on the cd. check it out.

see this LOST (Linux One Stanza Tip) for quick steps to compile the kernel.

:
####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]#######################

Sub : Steps for kernel compilation LOST #087

1. #cd /usr/src/linux 2. #make mrproper 3. #make menuconfig
4. #make dep 5. #make clean 6. #make modules
7. #make install 8. #make modules_install
Change /etc/lilo.conf and than run lilo -v
For detailed explaination refer to Kernel-HOWTO.

####[rfowkar (at) yahoo.com]##################################

for detailed info refer to the kernel howto.
-b-

Re: Full Duplex

Sergejs Svitnevs — Fri, 09 May 2003 07:02:46 GMT

Check out "Kernel Source Code Setup" section in the following document:

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/common/bcm5700-6.0.2a-1.src.txt

Regards,
Sergejs

Re: Full Duplex

Sivasingam Santhakumar — Fri, 09 May 2003 10:46:21 GMT

Hi,

I am using the HP documentattion to install the driver (bcm5700). I cannot find the Kernel source (either on CD or ftp). What the name the file I should look for on the cd.
Thanks

Re: Full Duplex

Balaji N — Fri, 09 May 2003 11:22:45 GMT

what is the distro you are using?

check out www.kernel.org.

-balaji

(and spend some time assigning points)

Re: Full Duplex

Sivasingam Santhakumar — Sat, 10 May 2003 04:21:53 GMT

Hi guys,

Thanks for the help. I checked my link with iim-tool
and I got the following reply:

mii-tool eth1 --verbose
eth1: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok

I am happy with it. I have learned a lot in this.

Santha