Weird networking issue.

Hank Nussbacher hank at att.net.il
Wed Jan 8 05:25:15 UTC 2003


At 03:17 PM 07-01-03 -0600, Peter E. Fry wrote:

>"David G. Andersen" wrote:
> >
> > Rule number 1 with any ethernet:  Check to make sure you have the duplex
> > and rate statically configured, and configured identically on both ends of
> > the connection. [...]
>
>   I'd like to thank Cisco for this piece of advice, as the only company
>incapable of manufacturing Ethernet equipment capable of
>autonegotiation.  At least until 1999 or so.
>   Yeah, there're a few others, all of which seemed to follow Cisco's
>lead.  Nutty.

Everything Cisco has to say on the subject:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps700/products_tech_note09186a00800a7af0.shtml

-Hank
[Thanks Yaron :-)]


>Peter E. Fry




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