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

[Matlock, Kenneth L]

I agree with Gert. We have a guy here that until I beat it into his head
for the better part of 2 years, was absolutely convinced that printers
(even brand-new ones) would only work at 10/Half.... Finally got him to
see the 'light'....

Ken Matlock
Network Analyst
Exempla Healthcare
(303) 467-4671
matlockk at exempla.org


-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 11:15 AM
To: Jeff Wojciechowski
Cc: 'gert at greenie.muc.de'; 'cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net'
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Ethernet Interfaces Speed and Duplex - Force or
Auto

Hi,

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:07:36PM -0500, Jeff Wojciechowski wrote:
> I have done most of my learning this century so I am still somewhat
> green - hence my post - and I have learned much by picking the
> brains of vetrans.

I wasn't trying to pick on you - sorry if it came across that way.

It's more a matter of personal annoyance at network admins that refuse
to acknowledge that devices change and problems evolve, and insist that
"the rules that we have learned last century are cast in stone and must
be followed to the end".  The auto-neg/no auto-neg discussion is very
prototypical for that :-)

(Nothing bad in "learning from experience and designing rules/BCPs from
there", but there must be room for adjustment and new experience every
few years...)

gert
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