[SunHELP] Switch

[Fogg, James]

I think you will find that your Netgear stuff is fine. 
There is nothing that a hub or switch can do to "foul up" 
a NIC interface (unless hugely broken, but then it 
wouldn't work at all).

Some NICs are not happy with some switches when it comes 
time to autonegotiate speed and duplex. Set the switchports 
so they won't autonegotiate and use an appropriate speed 
setting for the ports (the fastest the NIC supports) and 
full duplex (note.. full duplex is not properly supported 
by most 10Mb NICs, use half duplex if 10Mb). You should be fine.

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, J P wrote:
Can you guys recommend a good 4 port (4-8 port anyway)
switch, or hub that is KNOWN to work well with Ultra
10s?  We had been using Netgear 10/100 4 ports, but
seem to be having problems with them, in fact to the
point we suspect the bub has fouled up the integrated
NIC.....  still reasearching, but in the mean time I'd
like to get a hub I know is GOOD, preferably a switch,
so I can plug it into the local network also....