Re: Common operational misconceptions

[Sven Olaf Kamphuis <sven () cb3rob net>]

On Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Jens Link wrote:

> Mathias Wolkert <tias () netnod se> writes:
>
> > Autoneg. The old timers that don't trust it after a few decades of
> > decent code. Or those that lock one side and expect the other to adjust
> > to that.

you are referring to ehh *kuch* certain internet exchanges *kuch* ? :P

auto mdi/mii breaks teh internets! oeh noes! (not on any equipment we've 
owned for the past 15 years... funny how that works ;)

> Autoneg is black magic. Doesn't work. You have manually configure duplex
> and speed on one side !!!!1!
>
> SCNR
>
> Jens
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