[NTLUG:Discuss] ntlug.org back from the dead again

[Pat Regan]

Johnie Stafford wrote:
> If you're talking 100Mb/s, things are totally different. I've never
> known Auto+Auto to work in a Cisco FastEthernet (100Mb/s)
> environment. You will almost always get a duplex mismatch. Auto+Hard
> usuall works, although they usually just go with Hard+Hard in our shop
> to make sure everything is running at 100/Full.

Is this still an issue with current Cisco hardware?  If it is, why is
everyone still buying Cisco switches?  And why is it that my 5 year old,
cheap as heck "Switch" brand 10/100 switch can manage to do it just fine?

It has been a few lifetimes since I have actually been a network guy,
and at the time I was working for a 3com shop.  We never had any auto
negotiation problems that I can remember.  Everywhere I have worked
since has been a Cisco shop, and we always ended up having negotiation
issues.

Is there a technical reason why they don't make a switch that can auto
negotiate properly?

Pat