I said servers. Workstations could just auto-negotiate or reboot if needed.
I have seen problems and I have seen problems on equipment as late as two years ago. Cisco switches, HP servers. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I work with a lot of 10-year-old PIII PCs and I NEVER have a problem > with autonegotiation. > > These days the only time I have a problem with ethernet speed and duplex > is when some dufus who doesn't understand n-way autonegotiation > hardcodes one side but not the other. > > Russ wrote: >> Anything made in the past 5 years works great with autonegotiate. You >> just need to make sure neither side is hard set - that's the only time >> I see issues. On older equipment, I've found it works best if they >> are both hard set to the same thing. But nowadays, we just set >> everything to auto and it works flawlessly. > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
