Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 11:45:06 -0800 (PST) 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, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980103114221.408C-100000@orthanc.off.net> In-Reply-To: <199801011742.LAA10022@horton.iaces.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. > > > -- > . _ . _____________ > |\_|/__/| / \ > / / \/ \ \ / Happy! Happy! \ > /__|O||O|__ \ \ Joy! Joy! / > |/_ \_/\_/ _\ | \ ___________/ > | | (____) | || |/ > \/\___/\__/ // _/ > (_/ || > | ||\ Norman Sippel > \ //_/ alias Norman "Muddy" Stimpy > \______// > __|| __|| > (____(____) > >
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