* void <[email protected]> [2026-10-16 13:46]: > A suggestion: have you tried 'nailing up' the speeds on either side? > Instead of auto-negotiation. If you can't set both, then at least set the > openbsd side. (by that I mean set the speed and duplex explicitly) > then test again.
that is like the worst advice possible. this comes from a distant past, where some vendors (hello cisco) had royally screwed up autoneg implementations. that's like 3 decades ago tho and just history now. autoneg is absolutely mandantory on GigE and above and negotiates more than just speed & duplex. having one side hand-set and one on autoneg is the worst possible combo, that almost certainly leads to duplex mismatch. -- Henning Brauer, [email protected], [email protected] BS Web Services GmbH, http://bsws.de, Full-Service ISP Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS. Virtual & Dedicated Servers, Root to Fully Managed Henning Brauer Consulting, http://henningbrauer.com/
