How to enable ethernet 1 Gigabit advertising or troubleshoot the situation?
The key lines are:
Link partner advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
This likely means that the other device (most likely a switch) is not advertising 1Gbps, or that the cable in question isn't capable of supporting 1Gbps. Check both, and verify that the cable has all eight pins connected - if in doubt, switch out the cable.
You can also use mii-tool -v
to verify the information from ethtool
.
Alternatively, you can use ethtool
to force the NIC to 1Gbps, but be aware you may lose network connectivity:
ethtool -S eth0 speed 1000 duplex full autoneg on