From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 10 10:19:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F2037B759 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:19:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kkeysler@nwlink.com) Received: from fargo.caldonia.net (ip214.r13.d.bel.nwlink.com [207.202.174.214]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA28372; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 10:27:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Ken Keeler X-Sender: kkeysler@localhost To: Alan Clegg Cc: questions Subject: Re: Accessing FreeBSD Gateway from Another FreeBSD Machine In-Reply-To: <20000710125804.I99728@shell.wetworks.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Alan Clegg wrote: > An SMTP stream claimed that Ken Keeler muttered: > > > If you are connecting a PC (or other computer) to a hub, you almost > > always need a straight through cable. (there may be reasons not to do > > so, but I can't think of one right now) > > The only time you would use a cross-over cable connecting a system to a > hub was if you were using the "uplink" port on the hub. Those "uplink" > ports are already crossed over so that you don't *HAVE* to use a cross-over > cable to connect to the next hub. > > AlanC {turning 5 port hubs into 6 port hubs..} > Ah, that's it. I remembered something "unusual", but could not put my finger on it. Thanks. E=mc^2 student 1 each Ken Keeler Phi Theta Kappa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message