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From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>From The Desk Of Doug Rabson :
> Are there any suppliers of low cost 100Mbps ethernet hubs out there
> (preferably with a UK distributor)?  Alternatively, can I avoid a hub
> altogether?  I vaguely remember something about a wire-swapped cable which
> could connect two systems together.  How would I go about buying/making
> such a cable?

You should be able to get the functional equivalent of a null cable. Or
a small cable connector that switches the utp cables.  At any rate, 
I did that at one of my clients sites so at least it is possible.

	Regards,
	Amancio