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Subject: crossover between gigE?
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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