NIC speed configuration

[Hector Vargas]

Hi Forum,

I need to change the NIC speeed on all the NIC from an HPUX server and I notice on "/etc/rc.config.d/ipiehterconf" the number in brackets for sample "HP_IETHER_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan0" in this case "0" is different to the number assigned to lan0 on netconf, for sample "INTERFACE_NAME[1]=lan0".

Does any body knows if this will create a potential problem?

[Michal Toth · Accepted solution]

the array index is used only for matching the configuration line to lines with that index, what is important here is the interface name - lan0 which is the same...

i supppose that you'll have a line like this
INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lo
in netconf

think of it as a iterator for that particular configuration file

[Hector Vargas]

Thanks.

[rick jones]

Given that HP-UX drivers/cards have been very good about autosensing available link speeds, I'd be curious to know why you feel the need to override what they are doing. Are you needing to deliberately cripple them for something?