Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
command allowing to modify the Network Interface Controller (NIC) parameters.
Example
To display the current parameters:
mii-tool
eth0: no autonegotiation, 100baseTx-HD, link ok
To force the network speed to 1 Gb/s, and the duplex in full on the port 1 (eth0):
mii-tool -F 1000baseTx-FD eth0
mii-tool
eth0: 1 000 Mbit, full duplex, link ok
The Media Independent Interface was originally defined as a standard interface used to connect a Fast Ethernet MAC-block to a PHY chip.The MII design has been extended to support reduced signals and increases speeds...
ethtool is a Unix command that allows to display or modify a NIC's parameters.- Example :To display the current parameters: ethtool eth0Settings for eth0: Supported ports: [ TP MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full...
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