2 speed selection – Sun Microsystems SunFastEthernet Adapte User Manual

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Network Linkups/Speed Selection

5-3

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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:

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:

To use the utility for Solaris 2.x, type the following at the prompt:

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.

# be<num>: 100 Mbps Link Up

Link Down

10 Mbps Link Up

Link Down

# /usr/bin/be_speed be<num> <arguments>

# /usr/sbin/be_speed be<num> <arguments>

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