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Field

Description

LocalAbility

Read-only field; displays the connecting ability of the
local port in the device (what the port is capable of).

The information displayed is in hexadecimal format;
for example, IE:00 (where “IE” is Byte 1 and “00” is
Byte 2).

Bit definitions:

Byte 1:

0 — undefined

1 — 10Base-T capable

2 — 10Base-T full duplex capable

3 — 100Base-TX capable

4 — 100Base-TX full duplex capable

5 — 100Base-FX full duplex

6 — 100Base-T4 capable

7 — 802.9 capable

Byte 2: All bits reserved

AdvertisedAbility

Configurable field; determines the port’s advertised
capabilities.

For example, a port may be capable of full duplex
operation; however, you can change its Advertised-
Ability
so that it appears to not be capable of full
duplex operation.

The information displayed is in hexadecimal format.
See “LocalAbility” above for a description of the for-
mat and its definitions.

ReceivedAbility

Read-only field; displays what the port is actually
doing.

The information displayed is in hexadecimal format.
See “LocalAbility” above for a description of the for-
mat and its definitions.

RestartAutoConfig

Configurable field; forces auto-negotiation to begin
link negotiation.

Important: This has no effect if auto-negotiation
signaling is disabled.

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