02-26-2009 07:23 AM - edited 03-06-2019 04:16 AM
Gi0/44 of our WS-C2960G-48TC-L is connected to Fa0/2 of our ISP's 2950-12 switch.
According to our ISP, the Fa0/2 is set to Full/100.
Set our Gi0/44 to Full/100 = not connected
Set our Gi0/44 to Auto/Auto = half/10 but occasional amber blinking LED. Transmit packet errors.
Set our Gi0/44 to half/10 = half/10 but occasional amber blinking LED. Transmit packet errors.
Anyone know what the issue might be?
02-26-2009 07:25 AM
Do you have the following command on gi0/44?
speed nonegotiate
02-26-2009 07:26 AM
Are you using a cross-over cable on the inter-switch links?
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Edison.
02-26-2009 07:30 AM
CGI-COLOC-BELL-S1(config)#int gi0/42
CGI-COLOC-BELL-S1(config-if)#speed nonegotiate
^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.
CGI-COLOC-BELL-S1(config-if)#speed ?
10 Force 10 Mbps operation
100 Force 100 Mbps operation
1000 Force 1000 Mbps operation
auto Enable AUTO speed configuration
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There isn't an option for nonegotiate.
It's X-over between the 2 ports.
02-26-2009 07:32 AM
Oh, try using a straight through cable.
02-26-2009 07:35 AM
So straight through should enable me to have a connection after i set my gi0/44 to full/100?
As you can tell, my knowledge in x-over vs straight through is in a grey area. My understanding is to connect between 2 cisco switches, I need an x-over no matterwhat?
02-26-2009 07:37 AM
So did it work?
02-26-2009 07:45 AM
Although the change would only take 1-2 min, can't do it now because of the impact and implications on the 24/7 web services and such. I'd have to schedule an outage with all stakeholders
02-26-2009 07:49 AM
Well, generally you use cross-over when you connect similar devices. And straight-through when connecting different devices.
But, once I had to use straight through cable to connect a 2960 and 4506 because of auto-MDIX.
02-26-2009 07:52 AM
I suggest replacing the cross-over cable with another cross-over cable.
If you go with straight-through cable, you won't be able to force speed/duplex settings on switch-to-switch links as you are disabling auto-mdix.
Please refer to the portion of the documentation:
HTH,
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Edison.
02-26-2009 09:03 AM
The rule is if you use a straight thru then you have to use auto mdix which "requires" the port speed and duplex to be set as auto otherwise it will show down/down . If you use a crossover then you can hardcode because the switch does not have to negotiate which pairs to use for transmit and recieve.
02-26-2009 11:19 AM
How are you making your crossover cable. Are you crossing all wires for gigabit?
http://logout.sh/computers/net/gigabit/
Mohamad
02-26-2009 02:33 PM
Straight-through or Cross-over it won't make a difference. All ports on the 2960 switch are MDI/MDIX capable (sh interface
I've seen this situation before all the time and this is partly caused by the speed auto-negotiation issues of either the local or remote appliance.
In most of the cases, when I hard-code the speed/duplex settings, I don't get any link. But auto/auto and I get auto-negotiated to 10/half. The cause was the service provider NOT hard-coding/forcing their appliance's speed/duplex setting.
Hope this helps.
02-27-2009 06:44 AM
Straight-through or Cross-over it won't make a difference.
I'm sorry, on this case it does. Please take a moment and read the link I posted on this thread.
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Edison.
02-27-2009 12:28 AM
Hi
To me it looks like the provider has full/10 not full/100.
To get a link up you always have to use the same speed. When link is up then the duplex question begin, is it full or half. If you set it to full and the other end is half, then you start to get runts and crc errors. If you set half and the other end is full you are getting late collisions and excessive collisions. With half - half you get collisions, this is a normal behavior. With full - full no errors should appear.
devices connected with
10 - 10 link up
10 - 100 link down
100 - 100 link up
auto - 10/half 10/half - 10/half
auto - 10/full 10/half - 10/full
auto - 100/half 100/half - 100/half
auto - 100/full 100/half - 100/full
Take a call to the provider and ask them to check there speed settings.
/Mikael
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