ale(4) cannot negotiate as GigE

[Alexey Dokuchaev]

On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 09:14:11AM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 05:57:03PM +0900, YongHyeon PYUN wrote:
> > Hmm, Does the switch support EEE feature? If yes, would you try
> > disabling it?
> 
> I do not think it [1] does; plus I cannot do much about this switch, as I'm
> pretty far away from it right now.
> 
> [1] http://netgear.com/home/products/switches-and-access-points/unmanaged-switches/GS608.aspx (got it about 4 years ago)

I just had a chance to plug the Ethernet cable directly into my laptop's
bge(4) port, and it immediately negotiated at 1000baseT; but with the switch,
it can only feel fine with 10baseT/UTP (after some 1000baseT-no carrier flip
flopping).  So it looks like it fails to talk to the switch.  Given that this
switch of mine in a simple (dumb) piece of equipment, any ideas how to help
ale(4) to negotiate with it at full speed?

./danfe