On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 02:41:39PM -0700, Patrick Dohman wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Kurt Mosiejczuk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Fixing a speed below full and/or setting a duplex mode means you aren't > > using autoneg. > > > > Not sure if this where your headed Kurt but it's a subject i'm somewhat > unclear on when it comes to GbE. Most if not all of the GbE cards I've > utilized have drivers with no configuration for duplex when running at > gigabit speeds. Basically all the duplex and flow control settings are auto > only when running at gig speeds. b.t.w my apologies to the o.p I'm not > trying to hijack the thread ;) >
GbE requires autoneg to run all the time. Whereas on 10 and 100MbE autoneg is optional. Getting the speed right is normaly not an issue but the duplex settings are often wrong (since half-duplex is the default for 10 and 100). -- :wq Claudio
