[mythtv-users] Zotac IONITX-B-E Network Issues

Frank Merrill fmerrill1 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 10 19:13:52 UTC 2010


On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Greg Grotsky <spikeygg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response Frank.  I actually downloaded and played with
> ethtool during my troubleshooting before RMA'ing the board.  It was set to
> full-duplex and I tried to use ethtool to adjust the settings but for some
> reason it wouldn't let me change anything.  I tried forcing to half-duplex,
> I tried turning autoneg off, and I tried forcing to 100mbps or even 10mbps,
> every time it told me that it could not set the values.  Oh well, we'll just
> have to see what the new board brings.
>
>

I didn't see where it might have been stated what distribution you are
running, but:
ethtool -s eth0 duplex half
would fail on a *buntu system for a few reasons.
First, you'd need to use 'sudo' and second, you have to turn off
auto-negotiation first.
So, on an *buntu dist, you'd do something like:

sudo ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off
sudo ethtool -s eth0 duplex half
and then
sudo ethtool eth0
to display the results

In any case, hopefully none of that will be necessary for the new board.

Frank


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