Which Configuration Must Be In Place For The Auto-Mdix Feature To Function On A Switch Interface?

Which configuration must be in place for the auto-MDIX feature to function on a switch interface?

• The switch interface is in the access mode.
• On a VLAN 1, the interface is allowed.
• The switch interface is configured manually for the full-duplex mode.
• The auto-detects the speed and the duplex of the interface is configured. 

Answer: The auto-MDIX work for only the Cisco devices at the point when the speed and the duplex of the interfaces are set to auto-detect.

The media-independent interface with the crossover is the port on the desktop, hubs, switches, etc. They are connected through RJ-45 connectors or the twisted pair cable, fiber optics. They are the ethernet interface type and the essential part of the data transfer within the network. MDI port signals are sent toward the ethernet network either the switch or routers, on the other hand, the signals transferred from the switch, MDI port, or routers are reached in the form of crossover on the workstation or the MDI port.

Simply, the outgoing and the incoming signals are reversed and it will remove the need for a twisted pair cable on the MDIX port.in most of the devices, the MDI and MDIX ports are present while in the computer only the MDI port exists. With the help of the Ethernet cable, the latter is connected with the router, and the crossover twisted-pair cable helps in the establishment of the MDI to MDIX connection. To prevent the cable an MDI port must be present in a switch or router. Auto-MDIX feature developed to keep the complication in the MDI-MDIX port. as the name suggests auto-MDIX automatically detects the type of port. The feature helps in the identification of the simple or the crossover cable is needed according to the configuration of the MDI and MDIX.in the case of the exact port linking the use of the cable doesn’t matter.