Re: HP Proliant DL385 with Squid at a Gigabit-switch - bad network performance

[Steve Shockley]

On 2/27/2009 8:43 AM, Laurent CARON wrote:
- Forcing speed on switch
- Forcing speed on nic
Why?  This practice made sense when 10baseT gear from different vendors 
wasn't compatible, but not for the last 15-20 years.
http://www.ethermanage.com/ethernet/pdf/dell-auto-neg.pdf

Moreover, gigabit links require autonegotiation 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonegotiation#Overview).