TOI Author :: Munisha Rani

MDI/MDI-X refer to the pin layout of BASE-T ports on various networking devices. Historically, servers, workstations etc. use MDI pin layout while switches generally have MDI-X pin layout. MDI is part of the media attachment unit that provides the physical and electrical connection to the cabling medium when linking two endpoint devices.

Cable diagnostics is a feature to detect faults with twisted pair copper cables and measure the cable length.