Network question

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Tom Peters wrote:

> A firmware upgrade fixed some of it. Policy fixed the rest: Thou shalt 
> set the speed and duplex we tell you to on your PC, or we'll disable 
> your port. No Auto/Auto permitted. Better gear and Corporate Standard 
> NICs eliminated the problem after a while.

Alvarion stuff is bad for this, particularly when used in conjunction 
with Cisco switches.  The most recent Cisco firmware just makes the 
problem worse, because if you specify the speed and duplex settings on 
the switch, it will fall back to auto/auto if it loses its connection. 
Like, for instance, when you reboot the wireless bridge...

Gordon (still gearing up to bomb Tel Aviv until Alvarion sort out their 
stupid software)