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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
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Subject: thanks all (was: Re: crossover between gigE?)
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I had a cat5e cable, but either:
a) the box needed to reboot
b) 4.9 has a problem whereas 4-stable post 4.9 is ok with em0

I dunno, but it's working with a standard cat5e cable now after
the upgrade.

* Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> [031220 14:13] wrote:
> 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?
> >
> >
> 
> I was under the impression that copper gigE cards were auto-sensing
> for polarity and it didn't matter whether you use a straight or crossover.
> 
> -- 
> 
> "Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is no
>  wiser, but an intelligent man requires only two thousand five hundred."
>                 - The Mahabharata

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