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Re: Setting up a LAN with a Switch - HeK - 10-03-2011
(10-03-2011, 12:00 AM)zaneyard link Wrote: [quote author=HeK link=topic=5993.msg225167#msg225167 date=1317617659]my linksys switch has auto sensing i think
None of the above popular products support auto-sensing.
i haven't worked with any current cisco equipment so i can't speak for that but i would assume they would.
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They don't.
At all.
My brand new $15,000 3750G-48TS-E access switches... no auto sensing.
Re: Setting up a LAN with a Switch - zaneyard - 10-03-2011
wat
my 2 year old linksys switch has it i think
then again it's not really that fucking hard to make a xover cable for the one device that needs it.
Re: Setting up a LAN with a Switch - at0m - 10-03-2011
People using enterprise-class hardware should be smart enough to know when to use crossover cables, so auto-sensing is a wasted feature. That's why it's not there.
Standard consumer-grade hardware (Linksys, D-Link, etc) is designed with grandma in mind, and in the last 5 years or so have started to incorporate auto-MDIX at the PHY level, because it makes their products simpler to use.