I wouldn't hardcode server NIC and server ports either. Autonegotiation is not optional in the gigE standards.
"The standards for 1000BASE-T (4-pair Cat5) and 1000BASE-TX (2-pair Cat6) require autonegotiation to be always present and enabled. Other than speed and duplex mode, autonegotiation is used to communicate the port type (single port or multiport) and the master-slave parameters (whether it is manually configured or not, whether the device is master or slave if this is the case, and the master-slave seed bit otherwise)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonegotiation cr -----Original Message----- From: Steven Peck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Why would you set a NIC to 100/full or Auto? I said servers. Workstations could just auto-negotiate or reboot if needed. I have seen problems and I have seen problems on equipment as late as two years ago. Cisco switches, HP servers. On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I work with a lot of 10-year-old PIII PCs and I NEVER have a problem > with autonegotiation. > > These days the only time I have a problem with ethernet speed and > duplex is when some dufus who doesn't understand n-way autonegotiation > hardcodes one side but not the other. > > Russ wrote: >> Anything made in the past 5 years works great with autonegotiate. You >> just need to make sure neither side is hard set - that's the only >> time I see issues. On older equipment, I've found it works best if >> they are both hard set to the same thing. But nowadays, we just set >> everything to auto and it works flawlessly. > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
