thanks all (was: Re: crossover between gigE?)

From: Alfred Perlstein (bright_at_mu.org)
Date: 12/20/03

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To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>

    I had a cat5e cable, but either:
    a) the box needed to reboot
    b) 4.9 has a problem whereas 4-stable post 4.9 is ok with em0

    I dunno, but it's working with a standard cat5e cable now after
    the upgrade.

    * Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> [031220 14:13] wrote:
    > Alfred Perlstein wrote:
    > >Any suggestion of the kind of cable one should look for at Frys
    > >to run between two gigE card (intel em0) to function as a crossover?
    > >
    > >
    >
    > I was under the impression that copper gigE cards were auto-sensing
    > for polarity and it didn't matter whether you use a straight or crossover.
    >
    > --
    >
    > "Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is no
    > wiser, but an intelligent man requires only two thousand five hundred."
    > - The Mahabharata 

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