How to force NIC full 100 dpx in Solaris 8

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Does any body knows how to force NIC to 100 Full Duplex in Solaris 8, should survive after reboot or shutdown.

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Check the man page on ndd and SunSolve (if you have access). Post your device as each is a little different but each would be done with the ndd command. You have to build a startup script to have it reset on each reboot.

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append these lines to /etc/system:

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  • hme driver modes *
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    set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0
    set hme:hme_adv_100T4_cap=0
    set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1
    set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0
    set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0
    set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0

switched the ethernet cable to hme0, and renamed hostname.hme1* (configured for 3 ip addresses)to hostname.hme0*.

After boot, use ndd and u will got this:

% ndd -get /dev/hme instance 2
% ndd -set /dev/hme instance 0
% ndd -get /dev/hme instance 0
% ndd -get /dev/hme link_status 0
% ndd -get /dev/hme link_speed 1
% ndd -get /dev/hme link_mode 1

So, the card configured for 100 full duplex. Not sure whether it can survive after reboot. Post back how it works. Post back if that doesnt help..