From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 11 08:37:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA10538 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 08:37:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE [137.226.116.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA10525 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 08:36:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de [137.226.31.2]) by Campino.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE (RBI-Z-5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA05603 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:37:53 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de (8.8.5/8.6.9) id RAA22823 for freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com; Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:40:05 +0200 (MEST) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:40:05 +0200 (MEST) From: Christoph Kukulies Message-Id: <199708111540.RAA22823@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: 100Mbps wiring tip sought Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I bought two Inter Etherexpress PRO 100 for getting started with Fast Ethernet. I want to connect two machines via some kind of 'null-modem' cable (which I'd have to crimp first). From my understanding the pinning would be (looking into the connector outlet at the rear of the card: ,______, ,_| |_, ____| |____ | | | | | 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 | | | | | | | | | | | ____________________ 1 - Rx + 2 - Rx - 3 - Tx + 6 - Tx - Could someone confirm that using the following cabling is correct: (BELDEN 1868 FTP FLEX) Rx + <--------> Tx - Rx - <--------> Tx + Tx + <--------> Rx - Tx - <--------> Rx + (Or would + go to + ?) -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de