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partner and defaults to half−duplex.
As described in Appendix B: Understanding How Autonegotiation Works, pulses within the FLP are used to
derive code words that exchange link partner capabilities. The first code word exchanged is referred to as the
base page. It informs each link partner of the message type, IEEE 802.3 or IEEE 802.9a, and a technology
ability field. This technology ability field is encoded to exchange the maximum operational speed and duplex
of each link partner.
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