[clue-tech] making ethernet autonegotiation not work

[Ken MacFerrin]

Warren Turkal wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 03:20:12PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
>> On 4/26/07, Jim Ockers <ockers at ockers.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Right, I should have mentioned that we have some very specific
>>> environmental requirements and the "industrial" ethernet equipment
>>> that meets the temperature/power/static/corrosion/hazardous location
>>> requirements is expensive.  We can't use normal consumer grade gear.
>> And the unmanaged $50 switch gives you all of the above?
> 
> Okay. So drop the 100MBps device and replace it with a ~$50 10BaseT
> device. At [1], you'll find a 10BaseT Hub that conforms to the 802.3
> inducstrial standard. Does that meet your needs? If the hubs won't
> support 100MBps, it shouldn't be able to negotiate the higher speed.
> 
> [1]http://www.altex.com/product_info.php?products_id=454

Nice to see you can still get gear with BNC connectors..  That thing
looks like it would fit nicely on the shelf next to an Atari and an
Apple IIe.  ;)

-Ken