netstat -i shows tx-errors

[J. Epperson]

On Fri, October 3, 2008 07:06, Robert von Bismarck wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We've seen the same issue with Cisco catalyst 10/100 switches (5500, 6400,
> 3548xl and 2924xl mostly). Those never got to autonegotiate correctly
> 100Base-TX/FD links with any equipment we have thrown at them.
> Forcing speed and duplex on both sides cured it.
> Never had an issue with autoneg on Nortel and Foundry switches (we had
> other issues with those, but that's a bit offtopic :).
>

Apparently mileage varies.  We've had great success with autonegotiate on
Cat 5x00, 29xx, (and 37xx, 4506s, and 6509s).  But if one side is set to
auto and the other hard-set, look out.  You usually end up with
half-duplex and throughput like sucking oatmeal through a straw.