Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps And 100 Mbps - Sun Microsystems SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation And User Manual

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3.6.4 Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps

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1. At the ok prompt, use the show-devs command to list the system devices.
You should see the full path name of the hme device, similar to the example
below:
/iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/SUNW,hme@3,8c00000
2. Type:
ok nvedit
3. Type the following, pressing the Return key at the end of line 0:
0: probe-all install-console banner
1: apply transfer-speed=10 (full path name of the hme device)
4. Press the Control-C keys after typing (full path name of the hme device).
Note – In the above example, the speed is forced to 10 Mbps. To force the
speed to 100 Mbps, replace 10 with 100.
5. At the ok prompt type:
ok nvstore
ok setenv use-nvramrc? true
6. Reboot your system.
Refer to the Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver document (Part
No: 802-5333) for more information on the hme device driver and forcing
network speed. This document is also available on the Solaris 2.5 and the
Solaris 2.5: 1/96 AnswerBook.
SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User's Guide—July 1996