Re: Network Problem
that's the cable itself, a straight-through and a crossover cable only
differ in their wiring at the ends. Compare the two ends, if the order of
the 8 colored wires inside match, it's straight-through. Whatis.com can
show you the wiring pattern, and some common color orderings.
-Martin N.
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Emmanuel Di Pretoro wrote:
> Hi
>
> OK, so, I've a lot of cable, and I'm pretty sure the used cable is a
> cross-over. But, error is human, isn't it ? So, on my cable I can see
> "CAT. 5 UTP 24 AWG 4PAIRS". So, 4PAIRS is for a cross-over cable, isn't
> it ?
>
> For the rest, I want to backup my laptop on my desktop. I want to use a
> single FTP connection. Maybe, I'll set up NFS.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Manu
>
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:13:11 -0700 (PDT)
> "Jeremy Cheng" <linux@hktech.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Manu,
> >
> > Usually, when you have a regular cable instead of a cross-over, one of
> > the computers will get TX packet errors. However, if you are really
> > using a cross-over, then that is not the problem. Maybe you can try
> > replacing the lan card in your desktop since that's the one erroring.
> > You should consider another 3com as well since they tend to work well
> > together.
> >
> > In terms of more information, I was looking for info on what you want
> > the network to do. (ie router, or just peer-2-peer samba network... or
> > etc...)
> >
> > Good Luck,
> >
> > Jeremy
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> >
> > On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:29:59 -0700 (PDT)
> > "Jeremy Cheng" <hkdb@hktech.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Are you using a cross-over cable or are you networking through a
> > > hub?
> >
> > I use a cross-over cable.
> >
> > > looking at that. A little more information would be helpful to us to
> > > be able to assist you with your problem.
> >
> > Which kind of information ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Manu
> >
>
>
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