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Re: 100Mb/Full Duplex



>>>>> "Bdale" == Bdale Garbee <bdale@gag.com> writes:
    Bdale> Some folks at work saw similar weirdness with the
    Bdale> negotiation on some HP switch products, their solution was
    Bdale> to configure the switch to not do the auto discovery
    Bdale> protocol, but instead have each port on the switch hard
    Bdale> configured, as 100/full for the machines that could take
    Bdale> it, and less for the ones that can't.

What he said.  Cisco products are known not to autonegotiate correctly
with SPARC networks cards too (speaking from direct experience).

The only thing to do is disable protocol negotiation on the switch and
force the NIC to the setting you want.

-- 
Stephen

"Farcical aquatic ceremonies are no basis for a system of government!"


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