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Under what circumstances can/will a 10BASE-T device slow down a 100BASE-T or faster network?

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Mar 15, 20268401 views
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Suppose I have a 10BASE-T device, but everything else on my network is 100BASE-T or faster. When I attach the 10Mbit device, one of two things could happen: It could be passed through as 10BASE-T, making whatever it's connected to slow down to 10BASE-T, or It could be converted to a higher speed. I…

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If you plug a 10BASE-T device into a 10/100 switch, just that one device's port will run at 10mbps. All the ports connected to the 100BASE-TX devices will still go at 100mbps. Regardless of whether the switch is doing cut-through or store-and-forwar…

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