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SIOCGMIIREG on eth2 failed while running mii-tool -v

 
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AA786
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‎10-13-2008 09:20 PM

‎10-13-2008 09:20 PM

SIOCGMIIREG on eth2 failed while running mii-tool -v

[root@loli27]# mii-tool -v
SIOCGMIIREG on eth2 failed: Input/output error
eth2: 100 Mbit, full duplex, link ok

i am getting this above error while running #mii-tool -v
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Matti_Kurkela
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‎10-13-2008 10:40 PM

‎10-13-2008 10:40 PM

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Re: SIOCGMIIREG on eth2 failed while running mii-tool -v

The "mii-tool" command is becoming obsolete. It was designed for 100 Mbit NICs only. Some newer NIC driver modules no longer offer the old API used by the mii-tool command.

Use the newer "ethtool" command instead.
For example, "ethtool eth2" will display link status information, and "ethtool -i eth2" will display the PCI bus location of the NIC and the name and version of the driver.

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