[Soekris] Compatibility Issue w/ Soekris 5501 and Cisco 2640 Switch

[The Fungi]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:44:34PM -0700, Chris Babcock wrote:
> I have also seen similar behavior with devices that do auto MDI<->MDIX 
> setting with some devices.  Unfortunately, I'm not sure if there is a 
> way to control the MDI/MDIX function in software.  Anybody, here know if 
> there is a way to control that in software?

I've seen a lot of our customers taken by surprise on Cisco devices
when setting "noauto" to attempt manual speed/duplex setting, not
realizing they've also just turned off auto-cross functionality and
need to switch their straight-through cable with a crossover (or
vice versa).
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