Ethernet duplex and speed setting
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When I typed ifconfig I found out I was 10baseT/UTP and half-duplex. No wonder I was getting crap speed when people uploaded and download at the same time. I have a 24/7 Carracho server in the background doing heavy traffic 24/7. However when I typed
"sudo ifconfig en0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
all I got was this:
" SIOCSIFMEDIA: Input/Output error"
Now, I have an inkling of an idea why. I used LANSurveyor a while ago to look at U. RI. The routers are called m205, m206, etc.
So when I typed the sudo line to change my speed and duplex it asked for a password, like this:
"[m206~] password: "
without looking carefully the first time I typed my own password, oops. Anyway, I guess the reason that I couldn't change was because I didn't know the routers password, right? Is there a way around this? Also how could I enable port forwarding so I can get P2P software to work? URI is so restrictive.
When I typed ifconfig I found out I was 10baseT/UTP and half-duplex. No wonder I was getting crap speed when people uploaded and download at the same time. I have a 24/7 Carracho server in the background doing heavy traffic 24/7. However when I typed
"sudo ifconfig en0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
all I got was this:
" SIOCSIFMEDIA: Input/Output error"
Now, I have an inkling of an idea why. I used LANSurveyor a while ago to look at U. RI. The routers are called m205, m206, etc.
So when I typed the sudo line to change my speed and duplex it asked for a password, like this:
"[m206~] password: "
without looking carefully the first time I typed my own password, oops. Anyway, I guess the reason that I couldn't change was because I didn't know the routers password, right? Is there a way around this? Also how could I enable port forwarding so I can get P2P software to work? URI is so restrictive.
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You need a password to access the router to enable port-forwarding to your specific IP address.
The line "[m206~] password: " means your computer is named m206, and it was asking for your password.
OK I'll leave it with autodetect, thanks for the input ya'll. Full duplex would help me if it was possible, tho, I have lots of traffic both ways.
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No, but if you haven't enabled a root user and set the root password explicitly, you can't sudo anything.
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