>>>>> "RA" == Rich Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RA> That's a total crock. There isn't any such thing as "other side RA> doesn't answer" for speed & duplex negotiation. Of course there is. Each side advertises which speed and duplex settings it supports, and so they pick a setting which both support. On a few devices (such as Linux with some network cards) you can influence which settings are advertised, but in the vast majority of cases you can only turn autonegotiation off completely. If you turn autonegotiation off completely, the other end has no chance to guess your duplex setting (the speed setting can still be guessed, simply by trying each until there is link). Therefore the other end assumes you are a stupid hub and picks duplex. Some devices have proprietary methods for guessing duplex settings when autonegotiation is off, but they don't comply with the standard. RA> Both ends are totally and 100% independent of each other, and RA> happens way before any layer two or three communications functions RA> being available. This is not a layer 2 or layer 3 thing. /Benny _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users