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Inoperable network device

  • US 6,574,237 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/1999
  • Issued: 06/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A networking appliance, comprising:

  • a sensor to recognize a presence on a network of a relatively low speed device by a relatively high speed device; and

    a legacy preamble injector to insert a legacy preamble for transmission at a rate corresponding to said relatively low speed device into a native data frame including data at a rate corresponding to said relatively high speed device, based on an indication that a legacy device is coupled to a native network, said native network being different from a legacy network.

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