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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Ming-hsun Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Ko-yan Shih, Taipei, TW;
Ming-Hsun Hsu, Taipei, TW;
Ko-Yan Shih, Taipei, TW;
VIA Technologies, Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A network apparatus capable of automatically configuring connection polarity includes a random number generator of a plural order for generating a plurality of random numbers, and a plurality of connectors each of which is connected to a corresponding network cable. Each of the connectors includes a signal detector for detecting a network signal, for example, a fast link pulse or a normal link pulse from the corresponding network cable, and a polarity configurer coupled between the signal detector and the random number generator for selectively changing a connection polarity of a connector thereof in accordance with one of the random numbers generated by the random number generator when the signal detector fails to detect a network signal from the corresponding network cable.