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[–] DigitalWanderer 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Autonegotiation allows two devices, such as switches or network interface cards, to automatically exchange information about their capabilities and configure the best possible connection settings, like speed and duplex mode. This enables devices to establish a link with optimal settings for both. Without it, this needs to be done manually

[–] Krafting 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not PoE+ so no autonegotiation

Yeah I already knew what autonego is, but this bit I didn't understand, why POE/POE+ would affect auto nego ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I had to guess, negotiating POE voltage. Some stuff uses nonstandard voltage like some older ubiquiti gear

[–] Krafting 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, yeah okay, well, we'll see if I encounter this issue!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That switch does it with CDP.

[–] wirelesslywired 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Auto negotiation is not an L2 process. It is a physical layer process that is performed before a CDP or LLDP packet can be transmitted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

He's not talking about speed/duplex auto negotiation. He's talking about automatic power negotiation.

[–] extracheese 0 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure it also supports lldp