On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Henning Brauer <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > aaaargh! > > first, autoneg is pretty damn reliable, the few exceptions are VERY > old. > second, taking one side to a fixed speed is calling for trouble. you > almost certainly end up with one side full- and the otehr half-duplex. > > so if your ISP provides ethernet to you asking them whether they set > the port to auto or fixed is a good idea, but randomly pushing buttons > is as idiotic as ever. > > Henning all of my respect & I seem to recall you stating this previously. I've run into at least five "major" issues in the last six or seven years that boiled down to auto negotiate. If my memory serves me correctly the vendors involved were ciscoese, dell & sonicwall. Patrick
