Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:01:38 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: crossover between gigE? Message-ID: <200312221901.hBMJ1cSo034341@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <16358.15011.888736.676362@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <20031220151122.GQ60229@elvis.mu.org> <16358.15011.888736.676362@canoe.dclg.ca>
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<<On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 19:28:19 -0500, David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> said: > 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. "Crossover" isn't meaningful in the case of GigE: both stations transmit and receive simultaneously on all four paris. -GAWollman
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