Specifications

Application Views Fast Ethernet Application
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Port Group
The port group number to which this Fast
Ethernet information applies.
Port
The physical port number to which this Fast
Ethernet information applies.
Operational Mode
The current operational mode of this port.
Fast Ethernet Configuration View
This view allows you to configure ports for
Ethernet or Fast Ethernet transmission or to use
Auto-Negotiation in determining transmission
mode. Open this view by double-clicking any
entry in the Fast Ethernet Port Table. The Fast
Ethernet Configuration view carries the Interface,
Port Group, and Port information over from the
Port Table.
Operational Mode
These selections indicate the current operational
mode of this port. If you select Auto-Negotiation,
you can select as many modes as needed from the
Advertised Ability selections. You can only select
one Operational Mode: either Auto-Negotiation or
one of the specific modes. Table 10 lists the
current operational modes, their values, and their
descriptions.
Advertised Ability
These selections indicate the advertised ability of
the local hardware. They become active on ports
that have Auto-Negotiation enabled. Auto-
Negotiation allows the FE-100TX RJ-45 port to
self-configure to 10 or 100 Mbps depending on
the speed of the attached device. The interfaces
can also dynamically configure themselves for full
duplex or half duplex (standard mode) operation
when both ends of the link support Auto-
Table 10: Current Operational Mode Values and
Descriptions
Operational Mode Value Description
Auto-Negotiation 2 Auto-Negotiation/Parallel
Detection
10Base-T 8 10Base-T
10Base-TFD 16 Full Duplex 10Base-T
100Base-TX 32 100Base-TX
100Base-TXFD 64 Full Duplex 100Base-TX
100Base-T4 128 100Base-T4
100Base-FX 256 100Base-FX
100Base-FXFD 512 Full Duplex 100Base-FX