On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 06:26:56PM +0100, Dermot Hanley wrote:
> What autonegotiation modes are supported by *both* the NIC in the G4 and the
> switch? Any decent NIC, swithing hub, or switch will support the IEEE 802.3u
> autonegotiating standard.
Buggered if I know. All the kit is supposed to be auto-sensing 10/100 Mbit
but the switch and the G4 won't conclude a negotiation. Which is wrong - the
switch or the G4 - you tell me ? Is there a difference between a switch port
and a hub port as far as auto-negotiation is concerned - I hardly think so,
but I don't know.
> If it doesn't it shows that it's an old piece of kit
> or just a crap piece of kit. Check your respective manuals.
It's a cheap switch, and the manual is utterly useless. Haven't looked at
the G4 manual but I KNOW that it won't have that kind of detailed
information - Mac users are not expected to need to know that, so they're
not told.
Regards,
Niall
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