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They should always auto negotiate down to whatever the slowest direct link in the chain is. So like if you connect a 2.5Gbs port directly to a 1Gbps switch then
by Melatonic 4y ago
They should always auto negotiate down to whatever the slowest direct link in the chain is. So like if you connect a 2.5Gbs port directly to a 1Gbps switch then the driver should negotiate it down to 1Gbs.
- herpderperator 4y agoEthernet auto negotiation does not look past one single endpoint. It can only negotiate with the immediate peer.
- lillecarl 4y agoThere's nothing preventing a software implementation to change this. I don't however think it's a good idea.