Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:27:50 +0100 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PRO/100+ driver or hardware? (Update) Message-ID: <20010109222750.J253@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <89010000.979063602@grolsch.ai>; from jeroen@vangelderen.org on Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 02:06:42PM -0400 References: <200101081521.f08FLDi31948@prism.flugsvamp.com> <89010000.979063602@grolsch.ai>
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On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 14:06 -0400, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:
>
> > Does this happen even if you connect the machines back to
> > back (with a crossover cable?)
>
> I don't have a cross-over cable unfortunately, and I won't be
> able to buy one where I am :-( I seem to recall however that
> Intel cards don't like being connected back2back?
I used to run two Intel EEPro100 cards (i82557) connected
cross-over for some two years. The cable was "self produced and
bottled", had a length of some four meters and ran fine at
100MBps. The wiring was taken from the (Linux) Net-3 HowTo.
I've seen the pictures in IBM hubs' manuals, too. As well as any
decent basic network literature (hardware wise) or your favourite
cable FAQ should tell you how to do it. All it takes is some
cable and two RJ-45 plugs. This will make you independent of
what lengths these cables are sold at and should enable you to
test this scenario without waiting for a dealer to get you those.
And it will save a hub/switch (maybe of interest in a home LAN
with less than three machines or for speeding up a "very
important" link between two specially interdependent machines).
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