2 Sep
2007
2 Sep
'07
7:52 p.m.
On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 13:40 -0400, William L. Maltby wrote:
On Wed, 2007-08-29 at 23:21 +0800, mcclnx mcc wrote:
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Regardless, the others were right: you *did* need a crossover *until* you put an auto-sensing switch into the mix. I have one of these on my
s/auto-sensing/(possibly auto-sensing)/
Auto-sensing allows using either straight or cross-over cables to be used (among other functions) and automatically "corrects" TX/RX to match the cable used. A straight cable to a switch is the norm and doesn't need auto-sensing.
For *most* E'net cards w/o an intervening switch/hub, cross-over would be needed though, as others have said.
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-- Bill