Speed/Duplex issue on Pix 515

[stuart.jones]

Hi

I have an issue establishing connectivity between my Pix and a directly connected (cross-over cable) host.

My Pix is set to 100/full, however if the host is set to 100/full, it doesnt establish connectivity, if set to auto it negotiates with the Pix and ends up being 100/half !

The NIC is apparently a HP, not sure if there any issues with Pix's and these NIC's or im missing something.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Stu

[selvaraj_s]

This will be an issue with the Hardware(NIC) at the desktop. Try changing the hardware(NIC) at desktop end.

[scoclayton]

I would tend to think this is probably an issue with the end-host NIC card. Part of the ethernet standard that if only one side is set to autonegotiate, then it should default to the factory default duplex setting - which should be half-duplex. (note: the speed can be sensed, but duplex must be negotiated). Any chance you can change out the NIC card on the end-host in question and try again? I am not aware of any issues relating to negotiation problems on the PIX NIC cards.

The following doc (while not pertaining to the PIX specifically) may provide some helpful information.

http://www.cisco.com/warp/customer/473/3.html

Scott