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Date:      Tue, 25 Dec 2001 20:07:55 +0100
From:      Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>
To:        Tom <tom@uniserve.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: 4.5 PRERELEASE - Call for testing
Message-ID:  <6183502672.20011225200755@buz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112251046120.81618-100000@athena.uniserve.ca>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112251046120.81618-100000@athena.uniserve.ca>

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Hello Tom,

25 Dec 2001, 19:50:40, you wrote:

>> Another possibility is you do not have a Samba problem, but a
>> network problem with auto-negotiate. Some older 10/100 cards and
>> switch combinations step all over each other. You should lock down
>> one end to a specific speed 
>   That is bad advice.  Auto-negotiation is not auto-detect.  If you
> disable auto-negotiate at one end and specify manual settings, you
> must disable it on the other end too, and specify the SAME manual
> settings. Either use auto-negotiate everywhere, or use manual
> everywhere.  I would recommend using auto everywhere.


That doesn't reflect my experiences with Realtek 8139 Chipsets. The
chipset is pretty much broken (but cheap, so you see it VERY often)
and it doesn't really do the auto-detection of network speeds (often,
it will work with some 200byte/s) but if you lock it to 100mbit, it
works flawlessly with all other chipsets I got (among others, Intel
(both cards and onboard ICH2), Via Rhine and some very old Dec ones)
on a cheap noname 100mbit switch.


Best regards,
 Gabriel
ÎÆt

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