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Re: HP3000 on a Switch (Is it any good ?)
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Greg Cagle <[log in to unmask]>
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Greg Cagle <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:31:51 -0600
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"Jerry Leslie" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:9uodjj$7ft$4@joe.rice.edu...
> =?iso-8859-1?q?Steve=20Belkacem?= ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> : Hi All,
> :
> : We seem to be having a problem with slow network
> : connections, both LAN and WAN.
> :
> I'm primarily a VMS person, but my experience has been that you need
> to set the speed on both the switch and the host to fixed settings
> such as 100 mbs, full duplex.
>
> Autonegotiation between switches and NICs seems to be something that
> doesn't work 100% of the time.
>
> YMMV,
>
> --Jerry Leslie     (my opinions are strictly my own)

Absolutely correct - the NUMBER ONE performance problem I see with customers
is auto-negotiation of full duplex on 100 mbs switches. As far as I can
tell it NEVER works, no matter who makes the switch or the NIC. Best to
hardwire full duplex everywhere.

--
Greg Cagle
gregc at gregcagle dot com

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