Ethernet Info


How to change adapter speed without rebooting
 1) ifconfig enX down detach
 3) make changes in smitty / devices / communications / Ethernet Adapter /
                    Adapter / Change Show Charac../
                    ( smitty eadap )
                    or by chdev -l entX -a media_speed='100_Half_Duplex'
 5) smitty tcpip inet /Change Show / (select interface) and change
                     Current STATE to up.
                     ( Don't do ifconfig enX up - this will put an
                       IP address of 0.0.0.0 )
 6) mkdev -l inet0   (to activate all routes)
Created Oct 2002 by Bruno Croft