Manually set Speed/Duplex of NIC

[listerthrawn]

Hi,

Is there any way to manually set the speed/duplex of a NIC in a straight-off-the-cd proxmox install?

I know how to do it via ethtool but it's not installed by default and my machine doesn't have net access.

Thanks

Chris

 

[udo]

Hi,

Is there any way to manually set the speed/duplex of a NIC in a straight-off-the-cd proxmox install?

I know how to do it via ethtool but it's not installed by default and my machine doesn't have net access.

Thanks

Chris

Hi,
you need the file ethtool_6+20080913-1_amd64.deb (usb-stick) to install manualy and edit the /etc/network/interfaces like this:

iface eth0 inet static
pre-up /usr/sbin/ethtool -s $IFACE 10 duplex half

To get the file:

wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/ethtool/ethtool_6+20080913-1_amd64.deb

Udo