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From: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
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Subject: Re: xl0 won't autoneg full duplex 
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:55:51 +1100
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I wrote:

> This card is happy to run in Full Duplex mode if I force it with ifconfig. If
> left to autonegotiate with the switch, the xl0 comes up 100Mbps/half-duplex,
> but the switch comes up full duplex.  Hence I get lotsa collisions (~20%).

Thanks for the responses. Andrew W. Flury pointed out that the switch 
doesn't do autoneg right if it is hardwired to 100mbps, which looks like
it was the problem.

I'll keep an eye on it and see what happens.

Greg.


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