Gigabit, FD ,with no auto negotiation

[joeh]

I use an HP 2620 computer with an HP A7012-60001 PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Adapter.
I want to use gigabit speeds with full-duplex but with auto negotiation turned off.

Is it posiible; if so, how?

Thanks

[IT_2007]

At gig speed autonegotiation should be on. Check with network folks about switch port where it is hooked up.

also you can put configuration in /etc/rc.config.d/hpigelanconf if it ige lan.

you can check what type of card you have using

ioscan -fnClan

[Jeff_Traigle]

I recall reading that you can't turn off autonegotiate if you expect to run Gigabit on the NIC. You can only force settings at the lower speeds.

[Marvin Strong]

You cannot(within my knowledge) disable auto neg if you are using gigabit, as stated above.

[HGN]

Hi

On the server the interface needs to be set to auto, the switch needs to support gig
HP_IETHER_SPEED[x]=auto_on
Dont think you can set auto neg to off.

Rgds

HGN

[rick jones]

Apart from a few buggy switches, my understanding is that autoneg is just fine and dandy for Gigabit. There should be no need to hardcode duplex settings with a GbE NIC.

IMO, hardcoding duplex settings has taken-on mythical status these days, even for 100BT.

[Stephen_R_Brown]

Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm curious - why can't auto negotation be turned off at 1GB/s?

[Marvin Strong]

because autoneg is a required for 1000baseTX standard. It is not optional.