Speed Selection - Sun Microsystems SunFastEthernet Adapte User Manual

5.2 Speed Selection

If you receive the following messages after connecting to a 10 or 100Mbps
network then more than likely the external hub and the SunFastEthernet are
out of sync. In these instances speed selection may be done manually using the
be_speed utility as indicated in the procedure that follows:
# be<num>: 100 Mbps Link Up
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10 Mbps Link Up
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This utility is available in the directory /usr/sbin only if patch ID 101820-01 is
installed. This patch is mandatory for the Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/94 release;
for the Solaris 2.x Hardware: 8/94 release the patch is needed only if the
be_speed utility is required.
To use the utility for Solaris 1.x, type the following at the prompt:
# /usr/bin/be_speed be<num> <arguments>
To use the utility for Solaris 2.x, type the following at the prompt:
# /usr/sbin/be_speed be<num> <arguments>
Wherein <num> is the SunFastEthernet Adapter card number and the
arguments are:
•
auto (automatic speed selection)
•
100 (forces 100 Mbps mode)
•
10 (forces 10 Mbps mode)
If no arguments are selected then the current mode (auto or forced) and speed
(10 or 100Mbps) of the interface will be printed.
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