seanadams Wrote: 
> Also, originally the 100m limit was based on time needed to detect
> collisions on a shared link for the smallest possible packet. I.e. the
> time to travel down the wire needs to be short enough that both ends
> can see every packet in time to detect a collision. I'm not sure if
> this a constraint any more with switches - I think it's just about
> signal integrity now.
Any chance of adding port speed control to the SB2 firmware?  As I said
earlier, I've seen the ability to fix the port speed (and duplex) often
solves problems attributable to unreliable auto speed negotiation. 
Also, as you've experienced, not every cabling run is capable of the
higher speed.  Maybe the guy has perfectly good, but older Cat3 cabling
installed, which is only spec'd to 10 Mbps.  If two 10/100 devices are
at either end of that connection, it's not hard to imagine them
negotiating the higher speed and then failing to be able to reliably
sustain it.


-- 
JJZolx

Jim
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