When I use ethtool to inspect the wired ethernet device, MDI-X is set to off.
Unfortunately, I’m unable to turn this feature on via ethtool. Is MDI-X supported on the Apalis T30?
Kind regards,
Kevin
Yes, it should actually even be enabled by default as far as I remember but ethtool may just handle/report it incorrectly due to the rather old Linux kernel 3.1.10 one is forced to be running if any NVIDIA proprietary graphics/multimedia acceleration is desired. Are you actually seeing any operational issues with MDI-X at all?
I just checked running mainline Linux kernel 4.6.0-next-20160520 and there ethtool actually reports it correctly:
[ 6.346395] igb: Intel(R) Gigabit Ethernet Network Driver - version 5.3.0-k
root@colibri-vf:~# ethtool enp1s0
Settings for enp1s0:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Supported pause frame use: Symmetric
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Full
Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 1000Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
MDI-X: on (auto)
Supports Wake-on: pumbg
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x00000007 (7)
drv probe link
Link detected: yes