> The biggest problem with duplex had to do with 100mb. > > Cisco (and a lot of other companies) decided in their infinite wisdom > that at 100mb if auto-negotiation fails, to use half duplex as the > default.
No, that wasn't those companies deciding to do so in their infinite wisdom. That was those companies deciding to follow the IEEE standard! Cisco and others may be to blame for a lot of things, but not this one. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no