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[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 07:44:32PM +1100, Adrian Blake wrote:
> A network switch sends pulses of differing widths to automatically 
> determine the speed of the network connection, what are those widths and 
> what does it expect in return?
> 
> How does a switch determine if it is a full duplex or half duplex 
> connection?

Not sure if it helps, but there's a program called mii-tool which
allows you to configure what a network card "announces". AIUI both
end's announce their capabilities and negotiate the actual details.

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog at svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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