[Tfug] A really basic, possibly annoying network question...

[Angus Scott-Fleming]

On 29 Oct 2010 at 2:49, Jim March  wrote:

> Ethernet port in the lappy is gigabit class per lspci:
> 
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet 
> Controller
> 
> In the server it's 10/100, a Realtek RTL8139c.

When we had problems like this in Novell days, it was almost always caused by 
autonegociated duplex mismatches.  We resolved it by setting stuff to 
100mb/half-duplex.  Can you force each NIC to a given duplex setting?  

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