[Info-vax] DE500 and autonegotiation

[Paul Sture]

In article <kbvl9c$p3$1 at news.albasani.net>,
 Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:

> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote 2013-01-01 22:39:
> > I have DE500 cards in an XP1000 and in 2 PWSs.  On the XP1000, it
> > autonegotiates to 100 Mb/s full duplex at startup, but on the PWSs (what
> > I assume is) the same card comes up at 10 Mb/s half duplex.  Is there
> > any way I can get something better on the PWSs, preferably 100 Mb/s full
> > duplex (which I gather is the most I can expect from this card)?  If so,
> > can it be done from VMS or must it be done at console level?
> >
> 
> Check with SET DEVICE in MC LANCP. But maybe one has to set
> it using >>> SET... to make it permanent. There is never any
> reason to have VMS boxes autonegotiate, as far as I've
> found out.

I recall using LANCP for this problem, and at one point I replaced a 
10/100 Ethernet hub with an unmanaged switch, which also helped.

-- 
Paul Sture