This is excatly what I was looking for!!!

Cheers,
Ben B

"Kerry Cox" <kerry.cox@ksl.com> wrote in message
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> Why not simply use "mii-tool"?
> # /sbin/mii-tool eth0 -F 10baseTx-HD
> If he wants to set it for full duplex, then change the HD to FD.
> Likewise, "ethtool" will do the same for more recent versions.
> Hope that helps.
> KJ
>
>
> Jeroen Geilman <jeroen@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:<3ff4dee3$0$325$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>...
> > Ben B wrote:
> > > Does anyone know how to change the network interface setting in Linux?
> > > <---------100Mbps------------>
> > > PC1 <------->Switched Hub<------->PC2
> > >
> > > For instance, I would like to change the link (PC1 to PC2) from
100Mbps
> > > downto 1Mbps.
> >
> > You can't.
> > Fast Ethernet has two link speeds, normal (10mbit) and fast (100mbit).
> >
> > You can easily force the segment to run on 10mbit by forcing one
> > interface to 10mbit and setting the other to auto (default), but to slow
> > it down any more you'll have to apply bandwidth throttling.
> >
> > No, I'm not contradicting myself - your question was "I want to change
> > the *link* speed" - which you can't.
> >
> > Limiting the bandwidth is certainly possible, see Ben's reply.
> >
> > I'm none too sure about the advisability of lowering the tcp buffer
> > size, since this may well have adverse side-effects.