From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 12 14:50:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07210 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:50:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.nwlink.com (mail.nwlink.com [209.20.130.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA07203 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:50:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kkeysler@nwlink.com) Received: from nwlink.com (ip7.usr7.usw.du.nwlink.com [209.20.138.7]) by mail.nwlink.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA25273; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:50:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3672F4AC.5B04B876@nwlink.com> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 14:56:44 -0800 From: ken keeler X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Seal CC: Steve Friedrich , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: cannot connect on LAN References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Patrick Seal wrote: > > Actually you will need a crossover cable, Unless you are using a hub or > something. The problem is that they are both using the same 2(or more) > paths for trasmitting and receiving. A crossover switches them around. > > Normal > comp 1 S --------------------------------- S comp 2 > R --------------------------------- R > > Crossover > comp 1 S -----------\ /----------------- S comp 2 > \/ > /\ > R -----------/ \----------------- R > > See the difference? With a normal cable its like holding a phone Ahhh, I see. That makes perfect sense. Time to get a new cable. Thanks a bunch. -- E=m*(c*c) Ken Keeler "Look, it's all a bunch of ones and zeros." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message