A company is experiencing slow data transfer rates across its network, causing significant delays in day-to-day operations. While investigating the issue, a technician notices that one of the network switches has ports configured to auto-negotiate speed settings with connected devices. The technician suspects that some ports may not be operating at their maximum capabilities. To accurately verify that the ports on the switch are configured to handle the highest possible speeds, which Ethernet port configuration should the technician check first?
Port speed configuration
Port security
Duplex mode
Flow control