Jeff, thank you for this excellent explanation!
And as I understood, in case of duplex mismatch, unequal transmission rates are perfectly normal because full-duplex part always sends data while the half-duplex one does carrier sense and detects collisions :) PS: in my one year network experience I have never seen a device, which has problems with auto/auto settings(mostly Cisco and Juniper equipment). regards, martin 2011/8/3 Mark Tinka <[email protected]>: > On Wednesday, August 03, 2011 12:12:47 AM Dantzig, Brian > wrote: > >> It also eliminates the possability of a negtiation >> issue. If both sides are auto, there is a chance it >> won't work right. If both are full, it works. You might >> call this determinalistic provisioning. > > Our experience has always been the exact opposite, actually. > > We have had more reliability running auto/auto, as opposed > to any other permutation. > > But then again, this issues runs deep into corporate > culture, personal preference, previous experience, e.t.c. > > I'm almost certain we shall still be talking about this in > 50 years from now :-). > > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
