From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 11 19:12:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA18644 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:12:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail-ftp.nordicdms.com (mail-ftp.nordicdms.com [208.1.210.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA18637; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:12:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from walton@nordicdms.com) Received: from mail-ftp (mail-ftp.nordicdms.com [208.1.210.10]) by mail-ftp.nordicdms.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1 release PO205e ID# 0-0U10L2S100) with SMTP id AAA244; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:12:19 -0800 From: walton@nordicdms.com (Dave Walton) Organization: Nordic Entertainment Worldwide To: Benedikt Stockebrand , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG, fbsdlist@federation.addy.com Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:12:19 -800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: FreeBSD firewall questions Reply-to: walton@nordicdms.com References: Cliff Addy's message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:48:40 -0500 (EST)" In-reply-to: <87en19vmy8.fsf@devnull.ruhr.de> Message-ID: <19980212031219899.AAA244@mail-ftp.nordicdms.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 11 Feb 98 at 22:41, Benedikt Stockebrand wrote: > Cliff Addy writes: > > > - In order to connect the outside nic of the firewall directly to the > > router, don't we need a "special" cable, the cat-5 equivalent of a > > null-modem cable? > > You can use a proper hub instead. It is also possible to build a > null-hub cable, but I don't remember which wires to cross. Sorry, > maybe some hardware fraggle knows? Standard cable: 1 ----- 1 2 ----- 2 3 ----- 3 6 ----- 6 (1,2) -> (1,2) should be a twisted pair, as should (3,6) -> (3,6). Crossover cable: 1 ----- 3 2 ----- 6 3 ----- 1 6 ----- 2 (1,2) -> (3,6) should be a twisted pair, as should (3,6) -> (1,2). If you are using 4-pair cable (and you probably are), you can hook up 4 ----- 4 5 ----- 5 7 ----- 7 8 ----- 8 for both setups. Dave (Hey, what's a fraggle??) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Walton Webmaster, Postmaster Nordic Entertainment Worldwide walton@nordicdms.com http://www.nordicdms.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message