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# 1  
Old 05-23-2006
change NIC to 1000 Mbps full duplex

Hi all,

I tried to use this command

ndd -set /dev/eri adv_1000fdx_cap 1

but i get a "operation failed, Invalid argument"

anyone can help ? Thanks
# 2  
Old 05-23-2006
please ouput
ifconfig -a
and
ndd -get /dev/eri \?
# 3  
Old 05-23-2006
output of ndd -get /dev/eri \?

? (read only)
transceiver_inuse (read only)
link_status (read only)
link_speed (read only)
link_mode (read only)
ipg1 (read and write)
ipg2 (read and write)
use_int_xcvr (read and write)
pace_size (read and write)
adv_autoneg_cap (read and write)
adv_100T4_cap (read and write)
adv_100fdx_cap (read and write)
adv_100hdx_cap (read and write)
adv_10fdx_cap (read and write)
adv_10hdx_cap (read and write)
autoneg_cap (read only)
100T4_cap (read only)
100fdx_cap (read only)
100hdx_cap (read only)
10fdx_cap (read only)
10hdx_cap (read only)
lp_autoneg_cap (read only)
lp_100T4_cap (read only)
lp_100fdx_cap (read only)
lp_100hdx_cap (read only)
lp_10fdx_cap (read only)
lp_10hdx_cap (read only)
instance (read and write)
lance_mode (read and write)
ipg0 (read and write)
intr_blank_time (read and write)
intr_blank_packets (read and write)

output of ifconfig -a

lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
eri0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet xx.xxx.xxx.xx netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.203.111.255
ether 0:3:ba:8b:c5:30
# 4  
Old 05-23-2006
Strange if you can get then your interface is correct
can you run

ndd -get /dev/eri adv_100fdx_cap
# 5  
Old 05-23-2006
yes i get a 1. Btw what is adv_100T4_cap ? Is this different to adv_1000fdx_cap ?
# 6  
Old 05-23-2006
eri interfaces cannot go to 1000 either half or full. The max they do is 100fdx.

100BASE-T4 (100T4) is an old cabling standard that stands for four pairs of twisted-pair wires (IIRC)
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