The embodiment of the invention discloses an
ether port auto-negotiation and
network communication equipment. According to a port mode
list arranged in advance, from a first port mode, an
ether port
chip A of a first communication equipment begins to establish a link by the auto-negotiation method of the present port mode and an
ether port
chip B; if the establishment is failure, the link is switched to a next port mode in the port mode
list, until the link is successfully established by the auto-negotiation method of the present port mode and the ether port
chip B, and the present port mode is determined as the port mode of the ether port chip B. Consequently, the physical port of the ether port chip A is controlled by switching different port
modes for carrying out auto-negotiation with the opposite terminal port, and the invention can fully perform the chip characteristics for supporting multiport
modes, enhance
interconnection between internal
modes of the equipment and boards, improve flexibility of
interconnection between equipments, and avoid complexity and cost of
software forced arrangement, and avoid trouble of manually operation, and simplify the arrangement of equipment.