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4.4 Auto-Negotiation

The 100Base-TX ports on the Switch have built-in
"Auto-Negotiation". This technology automatically sets the best
possible bandwidth when a connection is established with an-
other network device (usually at Power On or Reset). This is
done by detect the mode and speed at the second device is
capable of. The 100Base-TX devices can connect with the
100Base-TX port in either Half- or Full-Duplex mode.

If attached device is:

100Base-TX port will set to:

100Mbps, no auto-negotiation

100Mbps

(100Base-TX, Half-Duplex)

100Mbps, with auto-negotiation

200Mbps

(100Base-TX, Full-Duplex)

10Mbps, no auto-negotiation

10Mbps

(10Base-T, Half-Duplex)

10Mbps, with auto-negotiation

20Mbps

(10Base-T, Full-Duplex)

Table E: Speed & Duplex mode detected by the switch

4.5 MAC Address Table

This 6-byte ID is called the MAC (Media Access Control) Ad-
dress. Every Ethernet data packet includes both source and
destination addresses.

These Switch models can automatically learn and store up to 4K
MAC addresses. The MAC address table is volatile: it disap-
pears when the switch is powered off or reset.

Note: When the network needs reconfiguration, we

recommend turning off the power first. After all
nodes have been moved, power on the switch to
rebuild the internal MAC address table.