[Macpartners] G5/ OS X 10.3 and Gigabit ethernet

[Albert Willis]

Giovanni--

there were some networking problems in 10.3 that were fixed in 10.3.2. 
So, you upgrade to that if you haven't already.

Also, you can manually configure the ethernet port settings--speed, 
duplex, MUT.

   -- Al


On Feb 7, 2004, at 12:56 AM, Giovanni Aliberti wrote:

>
> Is anyone actively using the Gigabit interface ?
>
> It seems like the new ethernet interface is not properly working 
> properly.
>
> Specifically, it's NOT working during BOOT time, when the machine
> is self configuring (and for example starting the automounter)
> then by the time it fully boots, then interface is working.
>
> It's as if there is a delay or some speed long negotiating when
> the interface is enable.    Let me know if you have found a simple fix
> or interested in the solution.  I have seen this before on Dell
> servers running Linux and believe that we can implement some similar
> work around.
>
> -vanni
>
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