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This Master FAQ lists serves as a point of reference to find all FAQs made by TI's Ethernet Team. 

Standard Ethernet

1. How do I choose magnetics for my industrial PHY?
2. TI Ethernet PHY Capacitive Coupling (Transformerless Operation)
3. Does Oscillator Clock or other external clock source to XI pin need to be stable before PHY power?
4. 10base-T and 10 base-Te difference
5. Can Auto-negotiation link up with Force mode on 100mbps?
6. What is the difference between RMII slave signaling and RMII master signaling?
7. How to adjust the Output Differential Voltage (VOD) of the DP83825I
8. DP83826E: How do I determine the MSE/SNR levels using DP83826?
9. How does pin 29 on DP83826 act depending on strap mode?
10. How does Strap1 (CLKOUT/LED1) work on DP83826?
11. In enhanced mode, how does DP83826 strapping work?
12. How to use RMII repeater mode in DP83822?
13. Link up debug with DP83822
14. DP83822IF: Fiber Link Status
15. DP83822HF: How does power up sequence affect PHY operation?
16. How DP8386x RGMII Straps Work
17. What is the default mode of RGMII when using DP83867, shift or align?
18. DP83867E: Ethernet PHY SGMII Vdiff Upper and Lower Input Limits
19. DP83867E: How to force 10/100/1000 Mbps speed in Ethernet PHYs?
20. DP83867E: Expected Back-Powering on Power Supply Pins
21. DP83869: JTDI/SD Pin connection on SFP connector
22. DP83869HM: Checking SGMII link up
23. How to use DP83869EVM for Copper to Fiber Media Conversion?
24. How to tune swing level of SGMII on DP83869
25. How to generate 125MHz on CLKOUT pin for DP83869
26. DP83869HM: Bridge Mode Clarification
27. DP83869HM: SGMII Output Differential Voltage Clarification
28. What is the potential swing levels of DP83TD510E when linking up with link partner?
29. Can we use a transformer instead of Capacitor for AC coupling on the MDI side for DP83TD510?
30. How to use ping and iperf between two PCs through 510EVM Link?

Application Specific

Ethernet Compliance

1. DP83822H: How do I configure MDI swing levels to assist with VoD compliance?
2. DP83822: How to improve margin in 10BaseTe TP_IDL Compliance Tests?
3. DP83867 Harmonic Distortion compliance test mode
4. DP83867E: 1000Base-T Ethernet Compliance Register Script

EtherCAT

1. DP83826I: How do I debug a PHY issue within an EtherCAT network?
2. 822/826 Odd Nibble Detection disable for EtherCAT application

Single Pair Ethernet

1. DP83TC811S-Q1: Why is Slave/Managed mode PHY linking up with Master/Autonomous PHY link partner?
2. DP83TC812R-Q1: How can I connect PHYs back to back over RMII?
3. DP83TC812S-Q1: My PHY won't link up
4. DP83TC813S-Q1: How to output LED1 signal on pin 14
5. DP83TC812S-Q1: How to to adjust slew rate of MAC IOs
6. Where can I find the latest Linux Drivers for DP83TG720 and DP83TG812/3/4?
7. DP83TG720R-Q1: Why is my SGMII eye measurement distorted?
8. DP83TG720S-Q1: How to maximize temperature sensor accuracy

Overall Ethernet

1. How to Confirm Ethernet PHY Strapping
2. Extended Register Space Access for Ethernet PHYs
3. Announcing New GUI Application for Ethernet EVM & PHY Evaluation
4. What different types of Reset are available on a TI Ethernet PHY?
5. How to read and write Ethernet PHY registers using a Linux terminal?
6. Which Redriver/Retimer should I use for each PCIe data rate?
7. RGMII Timing - Align and Shift mode