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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 09:43:33 -0700
From: Bengt-Erik Norum <bnorum@fsr.com>
To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: 100Mbps wiring tip sought
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commonly called "crossover cabling".  you want one end to be "T568A" and the
other to be "T568B".  this is the same cable you would use to connect two hubs
together (given that they don't have an MDI/MDI-X switch)...

http://www.anixter.com/techlib/images/tiabooke.gif  shows both.

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   bengt-erik norum,  bnorum@fsr.com
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On Mon, Aug 11, 1997 at 05:40:05PM +0200, Christoph Kukulies wrote:

> 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:
[...]
> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de

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