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16 years ago

10GbE on 1GbE network

Hi all, Maybe its a beginner question .. :) Can we use a 10GbE board (with 10GbE UDP/IP core) in order to receive UDP packets at 200Mbps rate from an external network ? i mean, is there a...
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16 years ago

The core needs to be multispeed and also handle 1GbE. The PHY chip will automatically synchronize to the highest speed achievable by the two partners (1Gb/s) so the core must be able to communicate with the PHY at that speed.