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

[Chuck (Doc) Beaudette]

I should correct my earlier mail, the switch was a 2940 .... I wrote 2640.

It was not auto-neg or MDI/MDIX, because we tried every possible
combination. Replaced the 2940 this morning with a 2960 and problem solved. 



-----Original Message-----
From: Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET [mailto:ml at t-b-o-h.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:40 PM
To: "Chuck (Doc) Beaudette"
Cc: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
Subject: Re: [Soekris] Compatibility Issue w/ Soekris 5501 and Cisco 2640
Switch

> 
> When I replaced the 4801 with a new 5501, the throughput between the 
> Cisco 2640 and the Soekris router dropped to next to nothing. We tried 
> several different configurations (Auto negotiate, fixed 100mb 
> Full-Duplex, etc.), nothing seemed to make any difference. Finally, we 
> put a Netgear switch between the Cisco 2640 and the Soekris 5501 which 
> cleared the problem. The 2640 is an older swtich, so the next option 
> is try an upgrade to a 2660 switch then see if we can connect the Soekris
directly.
> 
> Anyone know of similar issues with the 5501?
> 
	Actually, I haven't used a 5501 yet, but I've had problems with the
4801 and a Cisco 2924 :

c2924-1 1265: May 23 23:01:41 EDT: %LINK-4-ERROR: FastEthernet0/16 is
experiencing errors

	I have about 42 over a 3 week period. Its done this for 3 different
4801's I've had on the switch, and never for any other piece of equipment in
12 years of running ISPs using them. I've just put it down to "Feeces
Occur".

	Would like to hear more about your experiences as you find out about
it.

			Thanks, Tuc