[ale] Patch vs. crossover cables

Paul Cartwright paul_tbot at pcartwright.com
Sun Feb 26 14:39:10 EST 2006


On Sun February 26 2006 2:18 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote:
> My question is, given this architecture (with no PCs directly
> connected to one another, only to hubs) is there any need for a
> crossover cable, or will all cables needed be standard patch cables?

Most "new" NIC cards autodetect and don't need a crossover cable, even 
when you do PC to PC.. "most" and  "new" don't mean ALL :)

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Paul Cartwright
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