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Originally Posted by theblueraja
LOL,
The simple fact of the matter is this-
Always run AUTO unless it is specified otherwise or you KNOW that the connected equipment is forced at a specific speed or duplex. In this case your speed and duplex setting should be set to match that of the connected equipment.
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I would tend to disagree as using auto on both CM and NIC relies on both of them correctly determining the speed and duplex settings of the other which is not always the case.
New CMs such as the NTL:Home Ambits can be set to any combination of speed and duplex settings and may have been set to something other than auto by the user at some point in time. If the user then fits a NIC that doen't detect the CMs settings correctly on auto then there could be problems as Robin Walker pointed out. I would tend to accept his vast knowledge of the subject over any theory expressed by others.