>>>>> "Oscar" == Oscar Olsson <spam1 AT QBRANCH DOT SE> writes:

Oscar> Say what? Using anything else than auto-negotiation is
Oscar> stupid. 

Tell that to people who use Cisco Catalyst switches connecting to
Sun's with the HME network card.  If the sun boots before the switch
after a power hit, the HME side get confused and doesn't autonegotiate
properly.

Reboot the Sun box, or unplug/plug the network cable and it's work
fine again.  

Autonegotiation is not a solved problem, though admittedly in this
case it's due to an older chipset still being out there in use.

John
    John Stoffel - Senior Staff Systems Administrator - System LSI Group
  Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. - http://www.toshiba.com/taec
             john.stoffel AT taec.toshiba DOT com - 508-486-1087

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