SF100D-08 Link Drop

[PMCmikemc]

Has anyone ever had a issue with link drops on this switch?  I read in the data sheets that this switch has an energy mode that monitors ports on active links and puts them to sleep during quite periods.  Could this possible be responsible for intermittent  network connectivity issues on this switch, that we seem to be having.  Anyone else have any issue with this switch?

[Bradford Luten]

I've come across this issue with Mac Minis and MacBook Pros connected to an SF100D-05.  If I manually configure the Mac's Ethernet Duplex to exclude energy-efficient-ethernet, the problem appears to stop.

Dropping the link every few minutes while a user is trying to work via the network, creates all kinds of problems.

I've switched to a NetGear FS105, which doesn't appear to exhibit this behavior.