Patent ID: 7054309
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A network device comprising: a media access controller (MAC); and a physical layer including an interface that communicates with said MAC, first and second transceivers, a first autonegotiation circuit that attempts to establish a first link using said first transceiver over a first media, a second autonegotiation circuit that attempts to establish a second link using said second transceiver over a second media, and a media selector that communicates with said interface and said first and second autonegotiation circuits and that enables data flow from said first media to said MAC using said interface when said link over said first media is established first, wherein said media selector enables data flow from said first media to said MAC using said interface when said first and second links over said first and second media are established at the same time.