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Field Description
LocalAbility Read-only field; displays the connecting ability of the
local port in the device (what the port is capable of).
The information displayed is in hexadecimal format;
for example, IE:00 (where “IE” is Byte 1 and “00” is
Byte 2).
Bit definitions:
Byte 1:
❏ 0 — undefined
❏ 1 — 10Base-T capable
❏ 2 — 10Base-T full duplex capable
❏ 3 — 100Base-TX capable
❏ 4 — 100Base-TX full duplex capable
❏ 5 — 100Base-FX full duplex
❏ 6 — 100Base-T4 capable
❏ 7 — 802.9 capable
Byte 2: All bits reserved
AdvertisedAbility Configurable field; determines the port’s advertised
capabilities.
For example, a port may be capable of full duplex
operation; however, you can change its Advertised-
Ability so that it appears to not be capable of full
duplex operation.
The information displayed is in hexadecimal format.
See “LocalAbility” above for a description of the for-
mat and its definitions.
ReceivedAbility Read-only field; displays what the port is actually
doing.
The information displayed is in hexadecimal format.
See “LocalAbility” above for a description of the for-
mat and its definitions.
RestartAutoConfig Configurable field; forces auto-negotiation to begin
link negotiation.
▲ Important: This has no effect if auto-negotiation
signaling is disabled.
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