Cisco vs 100Mbit (Re: [SunRescue] Re: Woah, a PCI Ultra 1)

[David Murphy]

Quoting <A5F46F4ED18FD211ABEE00105AC6CF077F7DEA at email.cu-portland.edu>
by Gregory Leblanc <GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu>:

> I don't think this is really specific to Cisco's gear, I've had
> similar problems several times, especially with embeded NICs.
> Something tells me that some of these devices aren't obeying the
> "auto-detect" spec, whatever that is.  

My understanding is the problem is that that spec has only been
finalised/ratified relatively recently - certainly well into the life
of 10/100 Ethernet, therefore it's not 110% reliable. That said, I
have a Sun E250 here that autonegotiates perfectly with a Bay 450T
switch - sometimes it works just fine. When in doubt, consult InfoDoc
16728 and your switch docs, and configure manually.

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