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Re: Small LAN problem



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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> Thanks for your assurances.  Unfortunately, I am without a hub, so a
> crossover cable is my only option.  If the cable was made incorrectly,
> then that would account for at least some of my troubles -- could you
> point me to some literature describing how a xover cable is made, or
> else explain the process on list?  I would appreciate it.  I always
> understood a crossover cable to be a cable that routed pin 1 to pin 8,
> pin 2 to pin 7, etc.

For some crossover cables, perhaps.  But recall that TP ethernet only uses
2 pairs of wires - at least some of the signals are going to places where
they're not being listened for.

http://www.pin-outs.com/datasheet_72.htm has the pinout you're looking
for.

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Phil Brutsche				    pbrutsch@tux.creighton.edu

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