• @DigitalWanderer
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    42 years ago

    Autonegotiation allows two devices, such as switches or network interface cards, to automatically exchange information about their capabilities and configure the best possible connection settings, like speed and duplex mode. This enables devices to establish a link with optimal settings for both. Without it, this needs to be done manually

    • KraftingOP
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      12 years ago

      Not PoE+ so no autonegotiation

      Yeah I already knew what autonego is, but this bit I didn’t understand, why POE/POE+ would affect auto nego ?

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        If I had to guess, negotiating POE voltage. Some stuff uses nonstandard voltage like some older ubiquiti gear

        • KraftingOP
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          12 years ago

          Oh, yeah okay, well, we’ll see if I encounter this issue!

      • @wirelesslywired
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        12 years ago

        Auto negotiation is not an L2 process. It is a physical layer process that is performed before a CDP or LLDP packet can be transmitted.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 years ago

          He’s not talking about speed/duplex auto negotiation. He’s talking about automatic power negotiation.