* Patrick Dohman <pdoh...@gmail.com> [2010-05-10 23:45]: > Not sure if this where your headed Kurt but it's a subject i'm somewhat > unclear on when it comes to GbE. Most if not all of the GbE cards I've > utilized have drivers with no configuration for duplex when running at > gigabit speeds. Basically all the duplex and flow control settings are auto > only when running at gig speeds. b.t.w my apologies to the o.p I'm not > trying to hijack the thread ;)
autoneg is mandantory for GigE. must not be turned off. unfortunately some stupid vendors allow that nontheless which is clearly violating the spec. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting
