Topic: Internal Lan on 10Mbit, instead of 100Mbit...?

[molski]

If I run the command mmi-tool -v I get this as a result:

eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link
product info: vendor 00:00:00, model 0 rev 0
basic mode: 10 Mbit, half duplex
basic status: no link
capabilities:
advertising:
eth1: no autonegotiation, 10baseT-HD, link ok
product info: vendor 00:00:00, model 0 rev 0
basic mode: autonegotiation enabled
basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
capabilities: 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
advertising: 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
link partner: 10baseT-HD

The first line bothers me a lot. I work with Realtek 10/100 nics and got a 10/100 switch attached to my server, so in my opinion my internal Lan should run on 100Mbit, but it doesn't. Is there some way to check or change these settings and let my Lan run on 100Mbit, the way thing should be... ?

My regards,

Molski
ps My external nic runs correct on 10Mbit, there is no problem with that part.

[Michiel]

What do the leds on your NIC say? There should be two leds: one to indicate there is a link, the other one for the speed.

If you want to be really sure, try to measure the actual throughput with a tool like netio. Netio will send a stream of packets between two hosts and report the actual speed (typically about 70% of the theoretical maximum 10/100).

look at http://freshmeat.net/projects/netio/?topic_id=87%2C138%2C150%2C152

regards,
Michiel

[Charlie Brady]

molski wrote:
 
> If I run the command mmi-tool -v I get this as a result:
>
> eth0: 10 Mbit, half duplex, no link

"no link" often indicates a cable or other hardware problem.

Charlie

[molski]

Hhhhmmm, that sounds strange. The cables are all bought together with the switch and the nics (all from the same brand). Never had any problems with the cables, switch or nics. I used this command because I read a posting on a dutch forum where they tried this command ,so I also checked the command and got this as the output.

Molski