[Tfug] A really basic, possibly annoying network question...

[Will Stott]

Switches have always had issues with gb nic auto negotiating. Set one side and you will be fine.

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On Oct 29, 2010, at 11:26 AM, "Angus Scott-Fleming" <angussf at geoapps.com> wrote:

> On 29 Oct 2010 at 2:49, Jim March  wrote:
> 
>> Ethernet port in the lappy is gigabit class per lspci:
>> 
>> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet 
>> Controller
>> 
>> In the server it's 10/100, a Realtek RTL8139c.
> 
> When we had problems like this in Novell days, it was almost always caused by 
> autonegociated duplex mismatches.  We resolved it by setting stuff to 
> 100mb/half-duplex.  Can you force each NIC to a given duplex setting?  
> 
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> Angus Scott-Fleming
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