On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:14:13 +0000, Brian spoketh
Neither.
The NIC and Switch will, in most cases, auto negotiate their mutual speed and duplex mode. So, your GB card will probably just run at
100Mbps.If you for some reason have turned off auto negotiation on your NIC, and set it to 1000Mbps, then you will not get a connection to the switch.
Lars M. Hansen
If I connect a gigabit NIC to a switch via a port rated at only 100 Mbps, will the switch be wrecked or will it just freeze.
Many thanks.
Brian
You won't find any gigabit NICs that is not autosensing. It will set the speed to 100 if 100 is what it gets in the other end of the cable.
Now, why on earth did you post this question in a _firewall_ group when you could have just asked any IT sales person, techie or 16yo kid and got the answer right there? No, you don't really have to answer that one :)
Np.
In message , Lars M. Hansen writes
Thanks all for the help.
Cheers
Brian
No! Attaching a gigbit NIC to a 100 Mb switch will suck all the data out of the Internet! Don't do it!
To late! OOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo...........
Cabling-Design.com Forums website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.