[Info-vax] DE500 and autonegotiation

[Robert A. Brooks]

>> There is never any reason to have VMS boxes autonegotiate, as far as
>> I've found out.

I do not plan on starting a religious war, other than to pass along (one 
again) the words of the guy who wrote and maintained the VMS ethernet 
drivers for over 20 years (paraphrased).

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Autonegotiate should always work, assuming a properly-functioning switch 
and card.  The VMS ethernet drivers are designed for autonegotiate to 
work, and if there is a problem, we'll fix it.

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Of course, the crew maintaining the ethernet drivers has changed since 
this opinion was issued, but the point is that the guy who wrote the 
ethernet drivers disagrees with whoever made the assertion I've quoted.

(The HP usenet feed went a bit nuts over the Christmas break, so I did 
not see the original posting in this thread).

                                          -- Rob