RE: Linksys card and Cisco switch

["Jeff Busch" <jbusch half com>]

> It was the portfast.  It was disabled on all ports for that particular
> card.  Thanks!  The laptop connects nicely now.
>
> Just as an aside, have you had any luck with locking a switch port in
> full duplex?  I've found unless the system card is locked too, the
> system will fall back to half duplex creating a real mess!  I think
> the spec for Ethernet requires that if the remote end refuses to
> negotiate duplexing, the card must fall back to half duplex.  That is
> consistent with my experience.

The "portfast" option is a standard of mine for switch-to-client
connections.  I really only have autonegotiation problems between switches,
so I'll lock both of them at 100/full (or just the cisco if the other switch
is unmanaged).  This eliminated any problems I had with interfaces coming up
and going down ...

Of course do not use portfast on a switch-to-switch uplink.

-Jeff