Re: Forcing Duplex settings

Thanks,
I will ask my adapter creator if they have any WMI extentions. :)


"Mats" wrote:

> Hi
>
> We have ssen similar problems with some Intel nics, mostly motherboard
> integrated on PIII:s. The problem is that at least CISCO switches and these
> intel nics wan't agree om anything else than 10Mbit/half duplex. Forcing
> them to 100/Full in both ends will give a stable 100/Full connection
>
> The problem is that there is no common property to set to adjust speed and
> duplex. Theese settings are implemeted by each driver vendor as they see
> fit. There is a wmi value to read out the connection speed but that is read
> only. Intel has wmi extension for their cards wich make them adjustable by
> WMI.
>
> I have posted a request via our tam to the develteam to change the
> drivermodel so that nicspeed and duplex would become a standard interface
> for all nics.
>
> In the meanwhile the best soulution to this (at least as I know) is to edit
> the registry or make a program for it. Be aware that you will have to change
> diffrent keys/values depnding on the nic
> "Kenneth Fossen" <KennethFossen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BD8D2437-34A3-44AC-9D8B-EF866533790D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I'm not sure if we have tested it in an testlab enviroment.
> > The system is already running in production, and there is alot of
> resources
> > we need to get to do an testlab.
> >
> > I'll take your tip and ask the WMI list, or atleast read the FAQ :)
> >
> > Thx for the help.
> >
> > Kenneth
> > "Gerry Hickman" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Kenneth,
> > >
> > > The problems I had, were that I thought I was being clever matching the
> > > NIC to the switch (and it even recommends this in a manual I have), but
> > > when I tested it, everything to do with the network was messed up. I
> > > then put it back to "Auto" and everything started working again. I've
> > > never worked out the reason. I basically did it on each machine manually
> > > back then.
> > >
> > > In terms of "how" to force the settings, I don't know. It may be a case
> > > of hacking very specific registry keys for the NIC driver in question,
> > > or there may be a way to use NDIS API calls, or the NIC maker may have a
> > > developers guide or WMI provider.
> > >
> > > You may want to post about this on the WMI newsgroups if you don't get
> > > an answer here - although I don't think it can be done with WMI, the
> > > guys in that group know about this kind of thing.
> > >
> > > About your specific problem, did you try taking five clean built
> > > machines off the network and creating a test network with just those
> > > five? This is the first thing I'd do. You haven't exactly defined the
> > > problem very well.
> > >
> > > Kenneth Fossen wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > What kind of problems have you been experiencing when you set the
> NIC's to
> > > > 100Full insted of Auto?
> > > >
> > > > The problem I have has a long story, but the only thing that did make
> the
> > > > situation better was when we set the NIC to 100Full insted of Auto,
> the same
> > > > on the switchport.
> > > >
> > > > And then we have tried almost everything, well it feels like you have
> tride
> > > > everything. But we switched nic's, cabels, new hardware for the
> computer and
> > > > new switches.
> > > >
> > > > Kenneth
> > > > "Gerry Hickman" wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Hi,
> > > >>
> > > >>Are you sure you know what you're doing, I've seen serious problems
> when
> > > >>it's forced, even though it was matched to the switch.
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Gerry Hickman (London UK)
> > >
>
>
>
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