[c-nsp] Ethernet Interfaces Speed and Duplex - Force or Auto

[Pshem Kowalczyk]

Hi

On 21 May 2010 07:18, Jeff Wojciechowski
<Jeff.Wojciechowski at midlandpaper.com> wrote:
> All:
>
> Curious what other network admins are doing out there for Ethernet interfaces as far as speed and duplex settings - weather to specify or to leave them auto negotiate.

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We always set the port speed and duplex, only if the other side
doesn't support that (for example unmanaged media converters) we leave
it to auto. We had cases in the past where devices got reloaded and
when came back didn't negotiate properly (most often stuck in
half-duplex). Those issues are sometimes quite difficult to spot. So
we settled on hard settings.

kind regards
Pshem