Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:35:59 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> Cc: YongHyeon PYUN <pyunyh@gmail.com>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, David Christensen <davidch@broadcom.com>, David Christensen <davidch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bce packet loss Message-ID: <4E1BDD3F.4090607@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107112234460.1070@freemac> References: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107042113000.2407@freemac> <20110706201509.GA5559@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107070121060.2407@freemac> <20110707174233.GB8702@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107072129310.2407@freemac> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819385C32D96B7@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107082009350.1070@freemac> <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819385F12FE86B@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1107112234460.1070@freemac>
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On 07/11/2011 21:09, Charles Sprickman wrote: > I've had it hammered into my brain over the years that for servers it's > always best to set link speed and duplex manually at both ends to remove > any possible issues with link negotiation. That hasn't been the right thing to do for at least 8 years or so, probably 10 or more. Yes, back in the 90's when all of this stuff was still new it was not uncommon to have autonegotiation issues, but any even sort of modern hardware (on either side of the link) will do better with auto than not. hth, Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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