Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] ethtool semantics | From | "James H. Cloos Jr." <> | Date | Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:01:58 -0400 |
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>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> writes:
Bill> It does sometimes matter, because even these days we sometimes Bill> see a case where a brand name switch (like Cisco) and a brand Bill> name card (Intel, 3COM) negotiate but just don't "work right" Bill> later.
I just had this happen this week. Both intel and broadcom cards negatiated 100/full with the cisco switch, but failed to work properly. ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off improved performance from OTOO 15% of capacity to wire speed.
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