Auto uplink swaps the tx and rx lines of an ethernet port so you don't need crossover cables. How does an ethernet auto uplink port work? Is it covered by any standard? I have a device that doesn't work and I suspect auto uplink is interfering with it. Alan Nishioka alann@accom.com
How does ethernet auto uplink work?
Started by ●February 19, 2004
Reply by ●February 19, 20042004-02-19
Alan Nishioka <alann@accom.com> wrote:> How does an ethernet auto uplink port work?In a nutshell: look at what happens on both lines for while, see if it makes sense --- if it doesn't, try turning them round. Restart procedure from the beginning. Problems typically happen if you connect two devices that have the exact same time constants built into this algorithm --- they'll both keep switching over at the same instant, and never reach a solution.> Is it covered by any standard?Up to 100baseT, apparently not. But 1000baseT made this a required feature, and documented how exactly it's supposed to work. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker@physik.rwth-aachen.de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.