RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-09 Thread Proctor, Chris (EPIK.ORL)
auto negotiation it must allow manually overriding of the function (IE.. an unconfigurable device is not allowed to auto-negotiate.) -Original Message- From: Mikael Abrahamsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 2:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Weird

Re: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Scott Granados
Hi there, no that is not normal. How long is the cat5 between the two? Also, with a hub you should normally see collisions but not crc errors. On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Drew Weaver wrote: Hi, this is kind of a newbie question but this doesn't make a whole lot of sense :P I have an etherstack

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread MPuras
Check your duplex settigs you may also want to test with another cable. Thanks, Mario Puras SoluNet Technical Support Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct: (321) 309-1410 888.449.5766 (USA) / 888.SOLUNET (Canada) -Original Message- From: Drew Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Charles Youse
Title: RE: Weird networking issue. By nature, a hub is half-duplex - it's a repeater. Besides, misconfigured duplex will not cause CRC errors. C. -Original Message- From: David G. Andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 2:08 PM To: Drew Weaver Cc

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread alex
-7509- 3548 test environment. Besides, misconfigured duplex will not cause CRC errors. C. -Original Message- From: David G. Andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 2:08 PM To: Drew Weaver Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Weird networking

Re: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Peter E. Fry
David G. Andersen wrote: Rule number 1 with any ethernet: Check to make sure you have the duplex and rate statically configured, and configured identically on both ends of the connection. [...] I'd like to thank Cisco for this piece of advice, as the only company incapable of

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sun's hme cards won't go full duplex even though they advertise it to remote switch, causing immense headaches to anyone with Sun gear... That is just not true. I've had several Sun boxes with hme interfaces properly autoneg into 100/full with

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Charles Youse wrote: Besides, misconfigured duplex will not cause CRC errors. Yes it will. It will cause CRC errors/RX underflows/RX frags/RX align on one end and late collissions on the other end depending on which one is running half duplex and which one is running full

Re: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Jake Khuon
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Re: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Jake Khuon wrote: problems in the past, namely a bunch of E4500s to some 5000-series switches. Since they were in remote datacenters, I did pin the interfaces on both ends. I've seen problems with 3548:s and Sun le-interfaces though, sometimes the link would only see

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Ramin K
At 10:32 PM 1/7/2003 +0100, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sun's hme cards won't go full duplex even though they advertise it to remote switch, causing immense headaches to anyone with Sun gear... That is just not true. I've had several Sun boxes with

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Braun, Mike
: Weird networking issue. David G. Andersen wrote: Rule number 1 with any ethernet: Check to make sure you have the duplex and rate statically configured, and configured identically on both ends of the connection. [...] I'd like to thank Cisco for this piece of advice, as the only company

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Braun, Mike wrote: I think we all agree that autonegotiation is evil, and should be avoided whenever possible. When you are looking for the root cause of the errors on I don't agree. I have seen more problems generated by incompetence in trying to fix duplex/speed, than

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Jeffrey Wheat
Message- From: Braun, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Weird networking issue. I think we all agree that autonegotiation is evil, and should be avoided whenever possible. When you are looking

Re: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Peter E. Fry
Peter E. Fry wrote: [...] the only [...] Yeah, *that* is a nutty statement. I could re-phrase, but I think most here get the intent. Peter E. Fry

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Braun, Mike
I think we all agree that autonegotiation is evil, and should be avoided whenever possible. When you are looking for the root cause of the errors on I don't agree. I have seen more problems generated by incompetence in trying to fix duplex/speed, than I have seen problems generated by

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Daniel Senie
At 05:36 PM 1/7/2003, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Braun, Mike wrote: I think we all agree that autonegotiation is evil, and should be avoided whenever possible. When you are looking for the root cause of the errors on I don't agree. I have seen more problems generated by

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Stephen J. Wilcox
I think we all agree that autonegotiation is evil, and should be avoided whenever possible. When you are looking for the root cause of the errors on I don't agree. I have seen more problems generated by incompetence in trying to fix duplex/speed, than I have seen problems generated by

Re: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Hank Nussbacher
At 03:17 PM 07-01-03 -0600, Peter E. Fry wrote: David G. Andersen wrote: Rule number 1 with any ethernet: Check to make sure you have the duplex and rate statically configured, and configured identically on both ends of the connection. [...] I'd like to thank Cisco for this piece of

RE: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: So thats human error not a problem with using forced settings, eliminate the human error and I think you'll see forced always works, autoneg sometimes works. (For future reference dont employ incompetent people to run your networks folks!)

Re: Weird networking issue.

2003-01-07 Thread David G. Andersen
Rule number 1 with any ethernet: Check to make sure you have the duplex and rate statically configured, and configured identically on both ends of the connection. I'd wager you've got half duplex set on one side, and full on the other... -Dave On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 02:19:10PM -0500, Drew