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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

How to measure the speed for ethernet port

How to measure the speed for ethernet port

for example, how can i confirm that it is using 1000M, 100M or 10M

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    From the fpga side, I mean the ethernet controller itself, you can read the PHY status register.

    From an external point of view you need to query the connected device: for example, a laptop with Windows OS will notify you the connection speed.