[tulip] Fixed 100BaseT problems?

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:

> The card (see *-diag output at end of message) is connected to a
> Catalyst3500 switch. When both ends auto negotiate I get full duplex
> 100 mbps as expected. When the cards are set to fixed 100 mbps full
> duplex however I'm starting to get loses that aren't there before.

Put "speed 100" and "duplex full" on the cisco switch port, and I think 
you'll be better off.

Let autoneg be, it works in 99% of the cases in my experience. Fiddling 
with fixed speeds is more trouble and you have to know what you're doing.

If you turn off autoneg on one party, the other party will autoneg to half 
duplex. If you turn off autoneg, you have to force both ends to the same 
speed/duplex or you'll be in trouble.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@swm.pp.se