Re: Small LAN problem
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 03:29:34PM -0700, Alexander Poquet wrote:
>
> My debian box connects to the internet sometimes via ppp, but is generally
> a stand-alone. I made a cross over ethernet cable (by reversing the color
> order of the subcables on one side) and connected my two boxes directly.
> I installed my ethernet card and recompiled my kernel (I'm running 2.4.2)
> to support it. Then in my /etc/network/interfaces file I put:
Sorry, but that is not the correct way of making a cross cable.
The correct wiring is:
1-3
2-6
3-1
6-2
The rest of the wires is not used and are connected straight-through,
4-4, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8 .
(source www.hardwarebook.net which is also available as the hwb .deb)
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