Allied Telesis AT-2711 Series - Manual (Page 2)

AT-2711 Series Fast Ethernet Network Adapters Linux Configurations
PN 613-001871 Rev A 2 Allied Telesis, Inc.
2. If your system does not have the ethtool utility installed, Install it by entering
the following command:
sudo apt-get install ethtool
3. Obtain the name of the Ethernet interface for the AT-2711 series adapter, such
as eth0 and eth1, by entering the following command:
ifconfig
You have one Ethernet interface per AT-2711 series adapter card.
Note
To identify the Ethernet interface of the AT-2711 series adapter, match the
MAC address of the eth
N interface that the ifconfig command displays
with one on the label of the shipping package.
4. Edit /etc/network/interfaces file to disable Auto-negotiation and set
the speed and duplex mode by inserting the following statements:
auto eth x
iface eth x inet dhcp
pre-up/sbin/ethtool -s eth x speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
Note
Replace "eth x " with the name of the Ethernet interface that you obtained
in step 3. "eth x " appears three times in the statement.
5. Repeat step 4 for all of the Ethernet interfaces of AT-2711 series adapters on
your system.
6. Save the /etc/network/interfaces file.
7. Reboot your Linux system.
8. Verify that your AT-2711 series adapter is running 100 Mbps in the full-duplex
mode by entering the following command:
ethtool eth x
The command output should display:
Advertised Auto-Negotiation is No
Speed is 100
Duplex mode is Full
9. Repeat step 8 for all of the Ethernet interfaces of AT-2711 series adapters on
your system.