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Tuesday, April 08, 2003Forcing the Link Speed to Stupid
Various implementations of Ethernet negotiate the link speed, so that devices can communicate at the optimal rate. Depending on the capabilities of the equipment, this is could be anywhere from a 10Mbps half-duplex link to an 1000Mbps full-duplex link. In some circumstances, one end of the link is forced to a specific setting, and the other end has to adjust to that. Practically speaking, most NICs have trouble adjusting. This is especially true when the link partner decides that it won't talk at any rate other than 10Mbps full-duplex.
Why? you ask. There's the right way, the wrong way, and the Army way.
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