From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 16 18:59:38 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 18:59:36 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from spring.thepond.com (spring.thepond.com [209.122.157.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46CD837B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:59:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (drunk@localhost) by spring.thepond.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA06499; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:00:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bpeisenbraun@yahoo.com) X-Authentication-Warning: spring.thepond.com: drunk owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:00:27 -0500 (EST) From: Ben Eisenbraun X-Sender: drunk@spring.thepond.com To: Alwyn Goodloe Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: network testbed setup question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-JZP-Disclaimer: "I'm the only one foolish enough to claim these opinions." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alwyn Goodloe wrote: > One machine acts as a router between the two networks. I have two nic > cards in the router and just string normal 10base T cable between it > and the clients (i couldn't see the need for something more complicated > but please feel free to correct me). NIC-NIC cables (with no switch/hub in between) need to be crossover cables--not straight through ethernet. That may be what you meant by "normal 10base T", but I figured it was worth checking. Diagram for ethernet crossover cables can be found here: http://www.ptsi.net/support/crossover.htm HTH. -ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message