Auto-MDIX: A Magic Fix for Wrong Cable Pinouts?

Auto-MDIX may be one of the best features that removes a big headache for networkers. In the old days, you’d have to check UTP cabling to ensure you used patch cables with the right cable pinouts. With auto-MDIX, the switch port swaps the pins if you use the wrong cable. It’s on by default, and works great, so much so that people may not even know there was once a concern about cable pinouts. 📘 Matches CCNA Official Cert Guide: Volume 1 Chapter 7 Section 1B In fact, it’s so successful and pervasive that many LANs use straight-through pinouts for all cables and let auto-MDIX take care of swapping the pairs when a crossover is needed. This video gives you all the details – let’s jump in. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:00 Review: Pinouts, Straight-Through and Crossover Cables 06:09 Auto-MDIX Concepts 07:50 Auto-MDIX Operations 12:25 Auto-MDIX Demo 16:50 CCNA Study Group ======================================== Product Links Product links below. I make a small affiliate sales commission if you buy something! CCNA Library (Two Book Set): 📚 https://ccna.link/nu-cp-lib-ed2 All CCNA products at Cisco Press: 🖨️ https://ccna.link/nu-cp-allccna All Wendell's products at Cisco Press: 🧔🏼‍♂️ https://ccna.link/nu-cp-allwo Ciscopress.com/NewCerts Page (News, Announcements): 📰 https://ccna.link/nu-cp-newcerts =========================================