Configuring the Ethernet Interface for Linux Systems
Overview
When you use the AT-2701 series fiber optic adapter on a PC with the Linux system, you must configure the Ethernet interface for the fiber optic port.
Note
If you install the AT-2701FTXa model and use the copper port, no changes in the Ethernet interface are necessary.
The AT-2701 series adapters use a Linux inbox driver to operate. A driver supplied with an operating system is called an inbox driver. Current Linux systems come with the inbox driver that the AT-2701 series adapters need.
Since the driver software for the AT-2701 series adapters has already been in place, you do not need to install it; however, the speed and duplex mode for the fiber optic port are not automatically negotiated. You must disable Auto-negotiation and sets these properties for the AT-2701 series fiber optic port manually. In addition, you must set the same property values on the port interfaces of the connected switch.
