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Date:      Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:20:32 +0800 (MYT)
From:      Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com>
To:        Marwan Sultan <Admin@kifco.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cabling problem?
Message-ID:  <20040118131929.K98208-100000@prophet.alphaque.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040114162950.M68358@kifco.net>

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Marwan Sultan wrote:

>      Why the network cable from Modem router to box directly doesnot
>      work in the time from Modem router to HUB and from HUB  to BSD
>      box works fine?

you need a cross cable to connect the modem router directly to the freebsd
box.

it's a standard CAT5 cable with the following pin outs:

1 --> 2
2 --> 1
3 --> 6
6 --> 3

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