View The Nic Negotiation; Modify The Nic Mode Setting - 8e6 Technologies R3000IR User Manual

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NOTE: The options available in this window depend on the hard-

ware components installed for the R3000 unit.

View the NIC Negotiation

To verify or correct the negotiation for a NIC, click View NIC

Negotiation to open a window containing results from the

mii-tool and the ethtool about the status of the NIC mode(s):

Fig. 2:1-65 NIC Negotiation window

Mii-tool checks or sets the status of a network interface's

Media Independent Interface (MII) unit. Ethtool is a diag-

nostic and tuning tool that examines and tunes the NIC.

WARNING: If changing the NIC mode, be sure the hub/switch to

which the R3000 is connected will support the selected NIC

mode. An incorrect setting may prevent you from accessing the

R3000 console.

To modify the NIC setting, in the LAN1 or LAN2 frame:

1. Click the radio button for the available option you wish to

2. Click Apply to activate the new NIC mode setting.

select: 10baseT-Full Duplex, 10baseT-Half Duplex,

100baseT- Full Duplex, 100baseT-Half Duplex, or

1000baseT-Full Duplex, if available on your R3000

model (see NIC Mode Speeds Chart).

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