So you just let so are you then fully using DDNS? That would be cool but we have a large UNIX population and are still primarily NT 4.0. Most of the servers we are putting out in these locations will be AIX -----Original Message----- From: Wes Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:26 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Switch port settings
Actually we use DHCP for all but the DHCP servers themselves. We will use reservations for some of the key servers, but all benefit from ease of administration if we need to change anything. Only time I screwed myself was when implementing IP Security I forgot to let the servers talk to the DHCP server. -----Original Message----- From: Elkins.Justin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:22 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Switch port settings These are all good ideas. I am also a big fan of dhcp but I do not use it on servers or other mission critical machines for obvious rezones. I kind of have the same thought on not setting my servers to auto-sense, I guess I don't want them doing anything I don't tell them to do. All the devices will be high end servers running Oracle Databases and controlling other non PC devices. Downtime on any box would be major even thought they are fault tolerant against each other. Sorry to be off the NT/2000 topic a little. -----Original Message----- From: Wes Owen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:46 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Switch port settings Those few problems we do have can usually be attributed to the items Justin pointed out. To me not using auto-sensing is kind of like not taking advantage of DHCP. Sure you can manually set everything, but why would you want to? Which is more work addressing the occasional odd-ball issue or trying to keep everything manually set? -----Original Message----- From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:43 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Switch port settings Justin, Auto sensing works just fine in 98% of the installations I've done. In those instances where it does work, it works 99.99% of the time. If you're having problems with your NIC's and Hubs/Switches auto-negotiating the proper speed and duplex settings then you really should check the following items... 1) Check your cabling infrastructure. Most of the time I've found that problems with auto negotiating are actually problems in improperly installed cabling, terminations, noise in the line, or bad patch cords. The NIC and associated hub/switch both are capable of 100Mbit and negotiate that speed, but they never "check the wire" to see if the wire can really handle it. NIC's are trying to run at 100Mbit when the wiring just won't support it properly causes lots of headaches that I've had to fix. 2) Drivers / firmware... Often 3Com, HP, Cisco, etc etc have firmware updates for NICS and hubs/Switches that solve some really weird problems, make sure you've got the latest and greatest. (Except for 3Com, don't get me started on how horrible the quality of their drivers has gotten the past few years....) 3) NIC / switch hardware... If you've got cheap hardware, you're gonna have problems... I know, I know, there's lots of people out there runnin' Linksys or Dlink equipment with no problems, but more often than not "you get what you pay for".... Joe Pochedley "I like deadlines," cartoonist Scott Adams once said. "I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." -----Original Message----- From: Elkins.Justin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:25 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Switch port settings I know this was discussed a few months back but have had no luck finding anything about it in the archive. Sorry if this is redundant. We have a large implementation rolling out on several machines in several different locations using several different NIC's and OS's . The problem is this, one group wants to set all devices to be set to use auto-sensing and all the ports on the switches to auto-sensing. My group thinks this is a bad idea but we can't seem to find any ammunition to support our case. Is there some kind of official standard or something. In our primary network we seem to have problems constantly if the PC's are set to auto. These machines will be very mission critical handling millions of dollars worth of transactions. 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