Bruno S. Delbono wrote: > * on the Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 05:40:41PM -0800, Akop Pogosian was tippering: > >> I am trying to connect two workstations (CentOS 3&4) directly using a >> straight through cat 5e cable with a crossover adapter on one of the >> ends. Both hosts have gigabit-capable ethernet card. According to >> lspci host 1 has: >> > > IIRC, one does not need a crossover cable to connect between two gigabit > capable hosts. > > You can give it a shot. > Perhaps I'm just dense, but how would two ethernet cards talk to eachother over a straight ethernet cable? I don't profess to be an expert in gigabit ethernet protocols, but I believe it HAS to be a crossover cable if you want to directly connect two hosts. If that's not the case, someone please correct me. Best regards,