How do I set the duplex/speed on the Cisco Clean Access Interface “bnx2” ?
A. On Cisco Clean Access Server devices (even on CAM), there are files for each network interface that describe the properties and speed/duplex settings. Here are the steps how to perform it manually: • Change the directory to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. For each interface there is a file in this directory named ifcfg-ethX, where X can be 0, 1, 2, etc. • Add this line for whichever interface you want to hardcode the settings for: ETHTOOL_OPTS=”speed 100 duplex full autoneg off” • After saving the file, perform a “service network restart”. • Make sure the switch settings are set manually. Check your settings by issuing the eth-tool ethX command on the shell, where X can be 0 or 1 to confirm the duplex settings are hardcoded. Note: This interrupts the service momentarily. Keep this in consideration if you have to schedule a downtime. Q. I configured the Heartbeat timer so that a device is logged off the system after some inactive time. In the event log, it states that it cannot ping
