At Cisco we run auto/auto on our desktop network and have few problems..AS previously stated it is NIC and switch dependant.
-L Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>From my experience in networking I made my mind that manual >>configuration >>of speed and mode is the better choice. >> >>Cisco recommends fixed configuration too. >> >>For my surprise, 802.3 specification states: >> >>"It is strongly recommended that Auto-Negotiation be used ..." >>"Manual configuration is not recommended" >> >>That sounds weird for me. Any thoughts? >> > >Of course, they say that. They invented it. :-) They couldn't know that it >wouldn't really work in the real world. Unlike IETF, I don't think IEEE has >strict rules about there needing to be implementations that interoperate >before a standard is declared finished. > >Actually, some of the problems come about because some vendors started >implementing auto-negotation before the standard came out and did things a >little differently. That always happens. > >There are some cases, by the way, where manual configuration won't work >either! I've run into that. > >In general, the problems are starting to go away, however. The vendors are >mostly doing things in an ineroperable manner now and auto-negotiation may >be safe to use again, at least from my limited experience. >_______________________________ > >Priscilla Oppenheimer >www.troubleshootingnetworks.com >www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58930&t=58904 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
