Garrett,
So I've run into some bizarre happenings, over time that include el-cheapo
switch/hub doesn't seem to get along with NIC or NIC doesn't want to
configure up to 100MB/s when I though it should or I've found that I needed
to force a particular speed/duplex setting...
Most of the problems have come from el-cheapo hardware (including cables)
and that when they're replaced or other similar maintenance, such as
soldering
soldering joints in a RJ45 wall mount, recrimping, etc, then those problems
vanish...
So my inclination is to suggest that if there's any code to enable NICs to
"workaround" bad cables/switches then it should all be rm -rf'd. There's
a good chance that fixing the hardware problem will solve other problems
that you don't even know you have.
Darren
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