RE: [WinMac] Curious NT4 MacPrint problem

Subject: RE: [WinMac] Curious NT4 MacPrint problem
From: Romeyn Prescott (prescor[at]potsdam.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 21:45:20 EST

That all sounds groovy, but how does one "hard code" a Mac's Ethernet speed?

...ROMeyn

Somewhen around 3:49 PM -0500 2/14/02, a person believing themself to
be Perbix, Michael scribbled:
>Make sure that the switch port is not set to 100 full and the client to
>autonegotiate (for the server or Mac). Doing so will cause a duplex
>mismatch. The mac should be set in an Auto-negotiate port, and the server
>should either be Auto-negotiate at both ends or locks the same at both ends.
>We had a HUGE problem with the thruput of our servers until we caught that.
>The server said it was 100 full, and the switch was locked at 100 full, but
>in reality the server had a 10 0half connection, the mismatch in duplex
>causes all kinds of wacky stuff.
>
> -Mike
>
>> -------------------------------------
>> Michael Perbix
>> Telecommunications Specialist
>> Lower Merion School District
>> (610) 645-1964 - Phone
>> (610) 896-8224 - Fax
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Romeyn Prescott [SMTP:prescor@potsdam.edu]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:42 PM
>> To: winmac@iffy.com
>> Subject: [WinMac] Curious NT4 MacPrint problem
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm having a baffling problem the solution to which eludes me. I
>> hope someone here can help.
>>
>> BACKGROUND: Our College has an NT 4 Print Server which, in addition
>> to serving the PC users on campus also serves the Macs in our labs
>> and Computer Classrooms. (I won't get into WHY, suffice to say it's
>> necessary.)
>>
>> Our current server is an aging Dell server with a 10Mb NIC. (This is
>> important later.) I have been prepping a new server to replace it: a
>> Gateway 6400 also running NT 4 Server with SFM. The new server has a
>> 10/100 NIC and is plugged into a 100Mb switch.
>>
>> A fair number of our lab Macs are original iMacs and B&W G3s. I have
>> discovered that these Macs (also on 100Mb switches) can NOT print to
>> this new server! This was driving me batty until a colleague
>> suggested putting my test iMac on 10Mb. I did and everything
>> worked!! I have tried all combination of this now with no success.
>> I Put the new server on 10 and the Mac on 100. Nothing. I tried
>> different ports, different switches, all to no avail. If the Mac is
>> on 100, it will not print. And that seems to be the ONLY thing
>> "wrong" with it! Its networking seems to be fine in all other
>> respects, INCLUDING printing to other 10Mb NT4 print servers!!!
>>
>> The Macs are all running Mac OS 9.1. I even tried a clean install,
>> checked for firmware updates, PRAM zap, etc... And we do NOT have
>> spanning tree active on our network.
>>
>> Stumped,
>> ...ROMeyn
>> --
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