[SunHELP] Network Interface card

[Mike Meredith]

On Thursday 19 April 2001 23:53, you wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Kovalev, Ivan wrote:
> > ndd -set /dev/$device adv_100fdx_cap 1
> > If your NIC ($device) is hme, it should auto-negotiate with the
> > switch (`ndd /dev/hme adv_autoneg_cap` should return 1).
>
> If it's a Cisco switch auto-negotiation is generally a bad idea.
> Setting both sides to 100 fdx is usually the best bet. I usually add:

Hmm...In my recent encounter with Cisco switches (we previously used 
3com gear) things worked better if the Sun was nailed at 100 full 
duplex, and the Cisco port fixed at 100 but left auto negotiating the 
duplex.

Don't you just love autonegotiation ?