Old system, new issue.

[Roboz]

Hi there, Does anybody know of a utility or tool I can use to identify in a HP-UX 10.20 environment the actual settings of the default (built-in) lan card?. I can tell via lanadmin the speed that it is running, from the /sbin/init.d scripts I can tell that it can support full and half duplex at 10MB, etc…. but How can I tell what its current (running) configuration is?
Thanks for your help folks…

[marie-noelle jeanson_1]

Hi,

I am not sure which system you have and which card. However usually you can use the command:
lanadmin -x to check the active LAN speed.

Marie

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

You can use 'lanadmin' command to check the current configuration that run on your LAN card.

# lanadmin

lan > ppa (to select which LAN card that you would like to check, based on ppa number) > display > see 'Speed'

Or by using the command that has been refer by Marie (see prev. thread).

You can check also the current configuration thru SAM

# sam

Networking and Communications > Network Interface Cards > highlight the LAN card that you would like to check > goto Actions > Modify (dont do anything, as you just want to see the configuration

To see whether the card on full/half duplex or auto, you need to check the LAN card driver setting on /etc/rc.config.d directory.

For 100BaseT card and driver information, check the url below (docID : KBRC00000154) :

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000075725056

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

Virtually all 10 Mbit networks run half duplex so whether you can set the card to full duplex is academic. For old machines like the K-class and earlier, the built-in LAN card was a simple 10 Mbit half-duplex link. So there aren't any settings you can change.

[Roboz]

Thanks Marie-Noelle and Adisuria for your prompt reply.

I have already try lanadmin but it only tells me about the speed (10MB) but not if is running FX or HX.

SAM displays information about the type of card and configuration (Ether or 802.3) but I can not see if actually shows the duplex status. (i.e. what mode is currently using}
I will try again, if you have any other idea I will appreciate the help.
Robert.

PS: system in al old K class the card is the builtin LANIC which uses lan2 driver and is a 10MB interface.

[Patrick Wallek]

If the card is in fact 10Mb, the duplex is pointless. As far as I know 10Mb cards only support half-duplex.

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

As forums informed to you, the 10MB LAN card is running with half duplex mode only.

You can check the driver on your LAN card by running the command below :

# ioscan -nfClan

From the command above you can see the driver that used by the LAN card. The driver configuration on /etc/rc.config.d directory.

For example if your driver is 'ether' so the driver configuration is /etc/rc.config.d/hpetherconf.

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW

[Roboz]

Thank you so much folks, the information is very useful and I appreciate your help.
There will be "brownie points" for everyone... Have a mery christmas...
Rob.

[Roboz]

The information supplied was good