Which of the following is the cause of this?

Joe, a technician, was able to copy data at a site with no network equipment between two new laptops, featuring gigabit Ethernet ports, by using a regular straight-through patch cable. Joe then unsuccessfully tried to accomplish the same thing at a different site from his laptop with a gigabit Ethernet port to an older customer unit, which had a 10/100 network port.

Which of the following is the cause of this?
A . The customer’s laptop does not support auto-MDI
C . Joe’s laptop does not support auto-MDI
E . Straight-through patch cables are prone to crosstalk.
F . The customer’s laptop NIC does not support full duplex.

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Answer: A