Configuring Driver Parameters

This section describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the networking adapter. This section contains the following topics:

  • Setting networking driver parameters using the ndd utility

  • Reboot persistence with driver.conf

Setting Network Driver Parameters Using the ndd Utility

Many of the network drivers allow you to configure device driver parameters dynamically while the system is running using the ndd utility. Once configured using ndd, those parameters are only valid until you reboot the system—hence the requirement for boot persistence, which is provided by driver.conf.

The following sections describe how you can use the ndd utility to modify (with the -set option) or display (with the -get option) ...

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