On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:57:31AM -0700, Jordan Share wrote:
>Also, if you google "ethernet autonegotiation", the first hit is a best
>practices guide from Sun which argues 'The notion of "autonegotiation is
>unreliable" can no longer be substantiated.'
Irony, since in many cases it's peoples'
Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
>>> That sounds like autonegotiation is failing. It could be the other
>>> device that's having problems, or just the combination of the two.
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm sorry, but autonegotiation is a myth. In the real world
>> it is more dangerous t
Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
>> That sounds like autonegotiation is failing. It could be the other
>> device that's having problems, or just the combination of the two.
>>
> Hi,
>
> I'm sorry, but autonegotiation is a myth. In the real world
> it is more dangerous than it does good. I ran a m
The Fungi wrote:
> Based on past interactions with customers and other providers, I get
> the impression this is one of those vi/emacs-grade religious
> arguments where everyone is roughly split down the middle, and
> nobody who has an opinion is going to be easily swayed in the other
> direction.
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 02:56:19PM -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
> I'm sorry, but autonegotiation is a myth. In the real world it is
> more dangerous than it does good. I ran a managed server hosting
> company for 9 years, and every item in there was all hardcoded
> with speed and duplex.
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On 2008-04-19, Lars Noodén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Net4801-60 (256MB RAM) with OpenBSD 4.2 that sometimes gets no
> link with either cross-over or straight-through cables.
>
> Sometimes it's enough to simply switch to a different cable of the same
> type. Other times, even though the
> That sounds like autonegotiation is failing. It could be the other
> device that's having problems, or just the combination of the two.
>
Hi,
I'm sorry, but autonegotiation is a myth. In the real world
it is more dangerous than it does good. I ran a managed server hosting
company for
On Apr 19, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Lars Noodén wrote:
> I have a Net4801-60 (256MB RAM) with OpenBSD 4.2 that sometimes gets
> no link with either cross-over or straight-through cables.
>
> Sometimes it's enough to simply switch to a different cable of the
> same type. Other times, even though the
I have a Net4801-60 (256MB RAM) with OpenBSD 4.2 that sometimes gets no
link with either cross-over or straight-through cables.
Sometimes it's enough to simply switch to a different cable of the same
type. Other times, even though the cables are good (have used them with
these and other devices)
