What happens when you connect 100Mbps system to 1000Mbps network with all Giga devices?
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Mar 15, 20266856 viewsConfidence Score0%
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What happens when I do not turn on Auto Negotiation, force my MAC and PHY as 100Mbps, but instead connect (say by mistake) to a 1000Mps network (say all devices in that LAN runs at Giga Speed)?
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Normally, both ends would just negotiate the highest available speed. But if you have autonegotiation disabled, but the switch expects it to be enabled, you'll be stuck with a very unreliable 100 Mbps half-duplex connection. Parallel detection is us…
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