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servers directly to the network, thereby increasing throughput and availability.
However, the Switch is most commonly used to segment existing hubs, which
nearly always improves overall performance. An Ethernet Switching can be easily
congured in any Ethernet network environment to signicantly boost bandwidth
using conventional cabling and adapters.
Due to the learning function of the Ethernet Switching, the source address and
corresponding port number of each incoming and outgoing packet are stored in
a routing table. This information is subsequently used to lter packets whose
destination address is on the same segment as the source address. This connes
network trafc to its respective domain, reducing the overall load on the network.
The Switch performs “Store and Forward" therefore, no error packets
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cur. More reliably, it reduces the re-transmission rate. No packet loss will occur.
3.5 Auto-Negotiation
The STP ports on the Switch have built-in “Auto-negotiation”. This technology
automatically sets the best possible bandwidth when a connection is established
with another network device (usually at Power On or Reset). This is done by detect
the modes and speeds at the second of both device is connected and capable of,
both 10Base-T and 100Base-TX devices can connect with the port in either Half-
or Full-Duplex mode. For non auto-negotiation devices, the Switch will only run in
Half-duplex mode.