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_OO7_
4th June 2009, 02:18 PM
Hi, im a newbie using linux, i have been searching all day on google and fedora forum but still i can't find what im looking for.
Just installed fedora 10 kernel 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686, internet seems find i can connect wired.

This is my problem..
My NIC is just running 10Mb/s, how can i set this to 100Mb/s or change my driver or any solution that you can give me...
Thank you in advance.:)

BTW...i have paste some details here just in case.

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C905CX-TX/TX-M Fast Etherlink for PC Management NIC
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21
I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
Memory at ff9ffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at f6a00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: 3c59x
Kernel modules: 3c59x

Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 10Mb/s
Duplex: Half
Port: MII
PHYAD: 24
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
Link detected: yes

leigh123linux
4th June 2009, 02:24 PM
Try using ethtool to set the speed to 100Mb/s

For more info read the man file, type man ethtool into a terminal.


man ethtool