[Gllug] GLLUG: NICs

John Hearns john.hearns at cern.ch
Wed Jan 29 13:40:04 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 11:59, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Jason Clifford writes:
> 
> >Usually if your switch is correctly configured the card will auto 
> >negotiate and get the right speed setting.
> 
> Ummm, no. In my experience, the card will autonegotiate and get
> the *wrong* setting. Cisco switches in particular have a habit
> of negotiating half duplex when both card and switch are fully
> capable of full...

That's what Donald Becker said.
I think he said Cisco should fix the auto-negotiation to work better.


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