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From: Robert Clark <clark@open.org>
To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
cc: Ricardo AG Almeida <ricardag@ag.com.br>, ejs@bfd.com,
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I have yet to see an ethernet card that won't work without a hub.
(Limiting the discussion to twisted pair or thin-net. 10-base-5,
broadband, 10-base-FX, thats a different matter.)

				[RC]

On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Paul T. Root wrote:

> In a previous message, Ricardo AG Almeida said:
> > Neither one of these. The correct cabling is:
> > 
> > 1 -> 3
> > 2 -> 6
> > 3 -> 1
> > 6 -> 2
> > 
> > As it reverses RX with TX.
> 
> Yep, this is the right one. However, it still won't work on
> all interfaces. Some cards want power from a hub. My SMC card
> needs it (de interface). It's the card not the device driver.
> 
> If you really need a hub and have little money to spend. You
> might try www.onsale.com. It's an internet auction. I haven't 
> bought anything myself, but I've been looking at it, and it
> looks like some good prices.
> 
> 
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