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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:08:05 -0700
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Brian Howell <bsdmobile@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: do i need a switch between a machine and a gateway?
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On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:01:28PM -0700, Brian Howell wrote:
> i had a basic networking question to ask.do i need a
> switch to connect between two computers?
> suppose there is A and B and B is a gateway to another
> subnet.do i need a switch between A and B?i am asking
> coz i am not getting any lights when i connect the
> cable out of A's ethernet to  B's ethernet.i though
> you could just give the output of A to B if u wanted
> to route all packets of A through B.kinda seems weird
> to me.i tried switching ethernet cards too.
> plz cc to me as i am not subscribed.

You need on of a hub, a switch, or a cross over cable.  (There is a hack
used by some Macs to make this work, but it's not standard.)

-- Brooks

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