Autonegotiation (formerly NWay) is in Ethernet nets a procedure for the automatic Aushandlung of two directly network interfaces connected by connecting parameters.

Autonegotiation works on the layer 1 of the OSI model and is defined in the IEEE standard 802.3u.

The parameters which can be negotiated are transmission rate and the duplex mode. In addition both receiving stations must be in the Autonegotiation mode. In this mode both receiving stations communicate their abilities and agree for both parameters on the best in each case agreement (full-duplex before half duplex and largest speed).

If a receiving station is not in the Autonegotiation mode (switched off or can not supported), the other receiving station transmission rate over parallel Detection determine. A determination of the duplex mode is not possible thereby; thus that is always selected half duplex mode. The receiving station without Autonegotiation must be stopped in this case firmly to half duplex.

In the case it can pass that the receiving station (e.g. SWITCH in the server area) is firmly set to Full duplex, the server then Autonegotiation tried, it however not gotten. In this case then the server runs in the safety mode helping duplex, the SWITCH in the Full duplex. This leads then by the different transmission variant to collisions, and/or rejected packages (S. CSMA/CD) - the server sends and the SWITCH "“thinks"”, it can answer immediately, since it drives Full duplex. The server notices then the fact that on the medium another signal than its package lies close and rejects this. On the server the counter for collisions highly, on the SWITCH goes for the errors.

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