Ethernet Line Tuning

["Rick Nardone" <rick@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Update...  All is well operating at 100MB/Full Duplex.  Thanks to all for
their advice.

Thanks too for clarifying that 100MB uses only two pair..  there was some
conflicting info in my research on this.  We use the 568B standard here;
which does appear to be "the" standard being used.

- Replaced both CAT5 Ends and retested OK...
- Changed both Duplex=*full and Linkspeed=100M on LIND and Switch Port...

Something must have been wrong in the cable-ends.....even though they tested
OK.  The may have been a bit loose.  Probably should make it a habit to
wiggle them some before testing.

The only difference between my attempt yesterday and today was replacing
them.  We are looking into features of the tester... it is circa 1998, made
need a difference module end to test 100MB..It is a Microtest Pentascanner
with Module8's.

It was mentioned to NOT change linkspeed, but it appears to be working as
changed.. Any concerns leaving it as-is?

ETHLIND
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 Ethernet standard  . . . . . . . . :   *ALL
 Line speed . . . . . . . . . . . . :   100M
 Current line speed . . . . . . . . :   100M
 Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *FULL
 Current duplex . . . . . . . . . . :   *FULL
 Maximum frame size . . . . . . . . :   1496

Cisco Switch
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FastEthernet0/12 is up, line protocol is up
  Hardware is Fast Ethernet, address is 0090.b1a5.ae4c (bia 0090.b1a5.ae4c)
  Description: qs1032cpm
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 100000 Kbit, DLY 100 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive not set
  Full-duplex, 100Mb/s, 100BaseTX/FX
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input never, output 00:00:01, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters 01:57:32
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
  5 minute input rate 3000 bits/sec, 3 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 2000 bits/sec, 2 packets/sec
     13608 packets input, 7458327 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 213 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
     0 watchdog, 0 multicast
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     12400 packets output, 3348427 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out