Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:14:00 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Strange e1000 |
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:49:28PM +0530, Abhishek Agrawal wrote: > On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 19:11, Paul Rolland wrote: > > > Could it be possible that the 1000MBps FD on the e1000 side is > > a local configuration, and that it needs some time to discuss with > > the Netgear switch to negotiate correctly speed and duplex before > > working correctly ? (i.e. 20 sec = negotiation time) > Autoneg must be completed within 2 sec, or else it is considered as > failed.
If we follow this rule, we have lots of Cisco and other network gear that will not be able to communicate with Linux.
Jeff
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