Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 09:26:36 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Keith J <kjohnso8@columbus.rr.com> Cc: Peter Ong <peter@haloflightleader.net>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nevermind <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>, Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG, bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.5 PRERELEASE - Call for testing Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112260921580.57826-100000@athena.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <001301c18de9$c7ed5240$3602a8c0@columbus.rr.com>
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Keith J wrote: > Well gee Tom.... if one end doesn't respond to negotiation... are you saying > the smart end will force a speed or duplex that can't possibly work? Lets > say I have an old 10Mbs ONLY card... are you declaring that it gets toasted > by auto-negotiate every single time? ... If the 10Mbps card is set to manual full-duplex, and the switch is set to auto-negotiate, the switch will set itself to half, creating a duplex mismatch problem (and about 1 to 7% packet loss). Both ends must be set to auto-negotiate, or both ends must be set to manual. That is the way it works. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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