[c-nsp] full duplex mismatch speed - dynamips

[Keegan Holley]

My favorite is when the sys-admin sets 10-12 prod servers to 100/1000 - full
doesn't tell anyone and then comes back in a panic because the "network"
blew up.


On 8/20/10 10:36 AM, "Andrew Miehs" <andrew at 2sheds.de> wrote:

> +1 for Autonegotiation.
> 
> I have had so many problems because someone forced 100/Full, 1000/Full on a
> switch and the servers
> could
> A) Not set duplex AND speed (some could only set one option)
> B) Remember what they had been set to after power off
> C) Admin remembers to set on the server at all!
> 
> The old cisco switches/ routers convinced people to force duplex and speeds
> - as 15 years ago - it actually worked better by being forced. Nowerdays
> though, the opposite is the case, but no-one seemes to have informed
> the management departments yet.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Andrew
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