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Old 01-16-2008, 11:18 AM
Tim Bradshaw
 
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Default Re: Weird problem: dropping packets

On Mar 6, 12:55 pm, "bozothedeathmachine"
<bozothedeathmach...@gmail.com> wrote:

> At the beginning of the tests I was manually setting ce2 to 100/full
> with no autonegotiate. I did the same on the switch, but not on ce6. I
> could remove the manual configuration on ce2, but I don't know what
> that would gain.


There are approximately no cases where turning off autonegotiation is
sensible. If you want to force a particular speed/duplex it is far
better to leave it on but to turn off advertising the other options.

--tim

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