ifconfig: 10MBit/s or 100MBit/s?

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: All versions

Symptom:

You use a 100MBit/s network card on a 100MBit/s network. The output of ifconfig is similar to:

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
          RX packets:13602198 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:13602198 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

eth0      Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:A0:C9:8D:CF:51
          inet addr:192.168.102.40  Bcast:192.168.102.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10728200 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0
          TX packets:6345523 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:2
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe800 

Cause:

ifconfig always shows 10Mbps "only".

Solution:

There is no need for a solution, everything is OK (always provided that your network is really configured for 100MBit/s).


Keywords: IFCONFIG, NETWORK

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