Lock it down on both side if necessary (speed 100, duplex full, etc., etc.).
Never let the switch or router IOS defaults make the decision for you (I bet
Chuck could tell you this, having just taken the CCIE lab). Autonegotiation
& especially the blue flamed hotswaps- do not exist in production.
Cheers
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: Sammi
To:
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Ethernet vs. Fast Ethernet [7:515]
> On 13 Apr 2001 18:45:28 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Priscilla
> Oppenheimer") wrote:
>
> >At 06:12 PM 4/13/01, Irwin Lazar wrote:
> >
> >>I know a few years ago several interface cards, especially those from
> Intel,
> >>had a heck of a time auto negotiating with Cisco Catalyst 5xxx's, but
I'd
> >>imagine these problems are resolved by now. (It shows you how long it
has
> >>been since I've actually touched a real network. :-) )
> >
> >Not much has changed! Auto-negotation seems to still be a disaster. We
hear
> >complaints about it not working all the time. Does anyone have a
technical
> >answer (or URL) that explains why it behaves so badly? Just trying to
> >learn. Thanks......
>
> In light of these difficulites, how does one compensate or work with
> it?
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