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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:08:52 -0800
From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
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Subject: Re: crossover between gigE?
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:11:22AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> Any suggestion of the kind of cable one should look for at Frys
> to run between two gigE card (intel em0) to function as a crossover?

A straight cable with all 4 pairs wired will work. GigE (and many modern
100Mbit switches) have auto polarity detection.

	cheers
	luigi

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