User Guide

97Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution
Maximizing Ethernet Performance
YourcomputerperformsbestwhentheEthernetporttowhichitisconnectedissetto
autonegotiate.Askyournetworkadministratortoverifythissetting.
Note: Ifyouexperienceconnectionproblemsonyournetwork,makesure
yournetworkswitchissettoautonegotiate,ifpossible.Ifaswitch’sportisnot
autonegotiating,yourcomputerdetectstheappropriatespeedbutdefaultstohalf-
duplexmode.Iftheswitch’sportattheotherendofthelinkisconguredforfull-
duplexmode,alargenumberoflateeventscanoccuronthelink.Ifitisn’tpossible
tosettheswitchtoautonegotiate,thensettheswitch’sporttohalf-duplex.Formore
information,seethedocumentationthatcamewiththeEthernetswitch.
IfyouconnectyourcomputerdirectlytoacongurableEthernetswitch,haveyour
networkadministratordisablethespanningtreeprotocolonthatport.Otherwiseyour
computermayduplicatetheAppleTalkaddressofanothercomputeronthesame
networkandbothnetworkconnectionsmaybecomeunreliable.