On Fri, 2 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've got a client with 3 machines connected to a Cisco 2942 ethernet
Cisco switches are notorious for not doing autonegotiation correctly.
> was 6.5 megabit. From reliable sources, the internal story at his
> provider is that the Cisco 2942 won't recognize any 3COM cards at 100BT,
> even though their official story to the customers is that everyone is on
> 100BT. Also, the card is in half duplex mode. Given that the Cisco 2942
> is a 10/100 switch, and that it is supposed to be full duplex (according
> to the specs on Cisco's site), any idea what's going on here? Is the
> Cisco incompatibility thing true? I find that hard to believe, seeing as
> they all follow the same IEE standard, and both are pretty widespread
> components.
Cisco doesn't always get it right.
They certainly did worse than most with NWay.
Donald Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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