<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:08 PM, CLIFFORD ILKAY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org">clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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By fixing the rate, they can differentiate between 10M, 100M, and 1000M service and charge accordingly. This episode explained why in another colo facility where we didn't have a switch between the server and the colo facility's switch, we had to use ethtool to set the rate or again, we'd fall back to 10M, half-duplex. That colo facility was never able to explain why and had just shrugged it off.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>That may be, but it is a violation of the IEEE802.3ab spec that states autoneg is mandatory for GigE and above. </div></div>