Re: [nsp] GSR/Cat Gig-e problem

From: Steve Meuse (smeuse@genuity.net)
Date: Wed Oct 04 2000 - 16:53:53 EDT


Folks, Auto-negotiation is probably not a feature that you want to use.
Hard code the duplex settings, avoid *possible* issues from the start.

-Steve

At 03:49 PM 10/03/2000 -0400, Ramin K wrote:
>I sent this to George only last night by accident, sorry George.
>
>I'm running 12.0(11)S3 which has the same problem. How new does your IOS
>have to be?
>
>In any case a
>set port negotiation <mod>/<port> disable
>
>on the switch fixed it. Turning on auto negotiation on the router didn't
>work for me.
>
>Ramin
>
>At 08:53 PM 10/2/00 -0400, George Robbins wrote:
>>You either need to upgrade the GSR to a recent IOS that supports
>>auto-negotiation and enable "negotitation auto" for the interface
>>or force the Cat into "fdx, up" mode... Been there, done that.
>>
>> George
>>
>> > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 20:06:51 -0400
>> > From: Nick Bauer <nick@twtelecom.net>
>> > Subject: [nsp] GSR/Cat Gig-e problem
>> >
>> > I'm trying to get Gig-e up between my 2 Catalyst 6500's and a GSR using
>> > GBIC's. When I connect them together, the GSR has a Link light, but the
>> > Cat does not. When I hard loop the Cat, it's link light comes on. I know
>> > my fiber is good between the two, because its the same fiber I loop up
>> > the Cat with. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
>> >
>> > -Nick
>
>
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