On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 18:03 +0000, James wrote: > Hello, > > > Currently, I manage gentoo system that have a variety of 10 and 100 MB/s > ethernet cards. I use lshw to distinguish the max ethernet port speed: > > For example: > > network:0 DISABLED > description: Ethernet interface > > product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ > > vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. > > physical id: 9 > > bus info: p...@0000:02:09.0 > > logical name: eth1 > > version: 10 > > serial: 00:48:54:62:64:fd > > size: 10MB/s > > capacity: 100MB/s > > width: 32 bits > > clock: 33MHz > > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii > 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation > > > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=8139too > driverversion=0.9.28 duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=64 mingnt=32 > module=8139too multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s > > > *-storage UNCLAIMED > > description: Mass storage controller > > product: PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller > > vendor: Silicon Image, Inc. > > physical id: a > > bus info: p...@0000:02:0a.0 > > version: 02 > > width: 32 bits > > clock: 33MHz > > capabilities: storage pm bus_master cap_list > > configuration: latency=32 > > *-network:1 > > description: Ethernet interface > > product: 3c450 HomePNA [Tornado] > > vendor: 3Com Corporation > > physical id: b > > bus info: p...@0000:02:0b.0 > > logical name: eth0 > > version: 30 > > serial: 00:50:da:61:31:1c > > size: 100MB/s > > capacity: 100MB/s > > width: 32 bits > > clock: 33MHz > > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii > 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation > > > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=3c59x > duplex=full ip=192.168.2.17 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=10 mingnt=10 > module=3c59x multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s > > > > Is this reliable? What if a 10/100 card is plugged into a 10MB/s hub? > > > Is there other software to discern the hardware capability and test > actual throughput? > > How comfortable are you with the results you get? (reliable?) > > > curiously, > James Some NICs work with mii-tool, others with ethtool. The latter is generally the more modern one.
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