Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 11:39:31 -0700 From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> To: gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch Cc: Robin Damm <robin@damm.ca>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[2]: Flaky NFS over Via Rhine based LAN cards Message-ID: <ACF97D18-AD59-11D6-91B3-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <191489171.20020811193128@buz.ch>
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On Sunday, August 11, 2002, at 10:31 , Gabriel Ambuehl wrote: > On another note: does anybody know whether Gigabit Ethernet can be > done with cross over cabling or only with switches (which is what I > fear to be the case)? If this were the case, I'd seriously consider to > get the el cheapo Intel GigE adaptors (less than 60$ now). Cross-over works fine. In fact, with a lot of GigE cards, they autodetect the connection type and you can use a straight-through cable. I have that configuration running FreeBSD to Windows XP now, waiting for gig switches to get cheap. (Netgear GS104 looks like the first of the cheaper ones, still needs to drop by 50%.) KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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