Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 15:08:05 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Brian Howell <bsdmobile@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: do i need a switch between a machine and a gateway? Message-ID: <20020424150805.A11528@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20020424220128.4562.qmail@web21308.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdmobile@yahoo.com on Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:01:28PM -0700 References: <20020424220128.4562.qmail@web21308.mail.yahoo.com>
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--0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8xyzFXY6L6fI4GtQRAqPvAJ4od2Zfcq0c6xhUZODl9domDXYoSwCfcyNq lzVqh4q8w1myUwYJ6I52Ahc= =hECd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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