From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 5 19:52:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA12014 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 19:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from virginia.edu (mars.itc.Virginia.EDU [128.143.2.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA12004 for ; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 19:52:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cs.virginia.edu by mail.virginia.edu id aa28854; 5 Aug 96 22:52 EDT Received: from stretch.cs.Virginia.edu (atf3r@stretch-fo.cs.Virginia.EDU [128.143.136.14]) by archive.cs.Virginia.EDU (8.7.1/8.6.6) with SMTP id WAA22042; Mon, 5 Aug 1996 22:52:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by stretch.cs.Virginia.edu (4.1/SMI-2.0) id AA17081; Mon, 5 Aug 96 22:52:19 EDT Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 22:52:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" Reply-To: adrian@virginia.edu To: Doug Rabson Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 100BASE-TX hubs In-Reply-To: <199608052246.PAA03889@rah.star-gate.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Amancio Hasty wrote: > >From The Desk Of Doug Rabson : > > Are there any suppliers of low cost 100Mbps ethernet hubs out there > > (preferably with a UK distributor)? Alternatively, can I avoid a hub > > altogether? I vaguely remember something about a wire-swapped cable which > > could connect two systems together. How would I go about buying/making > > such a cable? If I remember correctly the steps for making such a cable are described in the ehternet/tcp/ip FAQ. I believe you can find it on rtfm.mit.edu under the comp.dcom part of the usenet FAQ archives. Adrian adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| Support your local programmer, System Administrator --->>>| STOP Software Patent Abuses NOW! NVL, NIIMS and Telemedicine Labs -->>| For an application and information Member: League for Programming Freedom ->| see: http://www.lpf.org/