[ale] Slow connection on Cisco Switch

[Christopher Fowler]

Its a 2900 XL.  I've not even attempted to configure it.  I purchased
off eBay.  

All other computers work well and this thing is fast.  I assuming it is
a problem where the switch wants to do FD but the adapter on the RH 7.2
box is failing at that.  I had this problem in the past and we had to
tell the Cisco to force HD on that port.  I don't know how to do that on
a Cisco.  I don't even have the password to the switch.  I'm hoping that
the password is not set.  I'm building a console cable now to connect to
the console of the Cisco.


On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 09:31, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 09:14 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I have a RH box attached to a Cisco Switch.  The connection seems to
> > work okay when using ssh and protocols that do not send a lot of data. 
> > The LED is green indicating 100m connection.  The problem is when I
> > scp.  When I scp it takes almost 3 minutes to transfer 10m. The LED on
> > the switch is blinking orange and green when this happens.  Can anyone
> > tell me what is going on?
> 
> Collisions? Does the switch support full duplex or only half? I ran into
> a switch that was collision city until I turned full-duplex to
> half-duplex. Then it sped up quite nicely.
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >  
> > 
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