Question about gigabit nics.

[Missing Ghost]

Do all 1000Mbit/s NICs have the ability to autodetect the cable type (straight or crossover) ?

 

[JackMDS]

Straight, Cross Over sensing circuits are embedded in all Giga NIC you can always use straight commercial Patches.

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[Missing Ghost]

ok thanks. I just wanted to make sure it was in the standard.

 

[cmetz]

Missing, all, no. Most, yes. I have never seen a 1000BaseT NIC that does not support auto MDI/MDI-X. It is not a mandatory feature, though.