Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:33:36 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: James Tanis <jtanis@mdchs.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX Message-ID: <20090514153336.2010e70d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4A0C46DD.5000002@mdchs.org> References: <4A0C34DC.9040508@mdchs.org> <20090514115400.ab14bc9d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <4A0C46DD.5000002@mdchs.org>
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In response to James Tanis <jtanis@mdchs.org>: > Bill Moran wrote: > > > Replace the cable. If the cable is marginal, autoneg will downgrade the > > speed to ensure reliability. Use a cable that you know will produce > > 1000baseTX because you've tested it on other systems. > > > Well, I don't have any verified working cable of the appropriate length > so I simply switched out the cables for the main server and the backup > server. They are both cat6 cables crimped with cat5e modules by me. For > what reason (bad crimp job?) that seemed to fix the issue. QC on patch cables is sketchy. Most places are usually good, but even the best companies will have a bad crimp every now and again. Add to that how they are generally handled ... I mean, statistically there's a good chance that cable was on the floor and someone stepped on it or something ... -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/
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