[c-nsp] NPE-G1s don't want to talk to each other over copper?

[Andy Ellsworth]

Are you sure the NPE-G1 interfaces support Auto-MDIX? I suspect they don't.

Try the crossover.

-Andy


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Rob Seastrom <rs at seastrom.com> wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a small pile of NPE-G1s here, about to upgrade the routing
> engines in the VXRs in $BROCOLO in an effort to eke out a couple of
> more years from them.
>
> So, I'm staging and made an interesting discovery: over the built-in
> rj45 connectors they will talk to a switch (ex3200) but when cabled to
> each other link will not come up.  Haven't tried a crossover cable to
> see if they'll come up at 100m rather than gigabit, but this is
> puzzling to me.
>
> Tried 12.4 mainline and 15.x.  Upgraded the bootloader.  No joy.
>
> Anyone have any ideas or is this a known shortcoming?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -r
>
>
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