Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:54:53 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: freebsd@jdc.parodius.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BETA3 showstoppers (read: critical bugs) Message-ID: <83357.1094576093@bizet.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 7 Sep 2004 09:18:52 -0700" References: <20040907161851.GA67411@parodius.com>
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> I can confirm Brandon's comments (re: 802.3 speed/duplex negotiation not > working properly with Cisco equipment). At Best, we had to force duplex > and speed on both our Catalysts and our BSD boxes, otherwise, mysterious > problems would occur (slow transfer rates in one direction, input or > output errors, etc.). I'm sure Matt Dillon can attest to this as well. We had lots of such problems with older Catalysts. Newer Catalysts seem to mostly autonegotiate just fine. We tend to leave the ports in auto mode towards hosts, and set speed/duplex explicitly between network equipment. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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