Patent ID: 7366771
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically configuring media connections when speed and duplex capability is forced along the media connections, the method comprising: connecting a first pair of connectors to a first pair of conductors and a second pair of connectors to a second pair of conductors during a first state, and connecting the first pair of connectors to the second pair of conductors and the second pair of connectors to the first pair of conductors during a second state, including generating a controlling signal for selecting the first state and the second state, wherein the controlling signal has one of first and second values during each time period and wherein the values changes in a pseudo-random manner; holding the first state or the second state if speed and duplex capability is forced along the media connections, and a defined time has not expired, wherein the first state or the second state is held if signal reception, via the media connections, has stopped and then resumed within the defined time.