IMHO, you should always force the speed and duplex on both the switch and the end device. Autodetect can work find if both sides are set to autodetect, but if one side is set to a particular duplex and speed and the other is auto, you'll almost surely run into to problems (the least likely problem is if one port is set to 10-Half, as autodetect *should* properly detect this setting 100% of the time). Most of the mismatches that happen aren't speed, but duplex mismatches. I had an excellent web page that gave great detail on why this happens, but here's an good page from Cisco about this topic:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/46.html HTH, Mike W. "George Kallingal" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I want to use the Catalyst 2950T-24 in my Windows NT/2000 and Linux network. > According to the specs, it states that it does provide 10/100 autosensing. > I wanted to know if anyone has run into problem with the autosensing > feature. Or should duplex be hardcoded? > > Thanks. > > George Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=46083&t=46062 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
