Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 19:28:19 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: crossover between gigE? Message-ID: <16358.15011.888736.676362@canoe.dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <20031220151122.GQ60229@elvis.mu.org> References: <20031220151122.GQ60229@elvis.mu.org>
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>>>>> "Alfred" == Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> writes: Alfred> Any suggestion of the kind of cable one should look for at Alfred> Frys to run between two gigE card (intel em0) to function as a Alfred> crossover? As long as the chipsets are compliant, an 8 wire straight thru cable works as both a straight and a crossover. The GigE standard requires this behaviour. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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