"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 * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *