Re: OT: the pain with crosslink cables
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:13:52 +0100, martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> wrote:
> I have one of those D-Link USB network interfaces, which are
> wonderful. Plug it in, get a regular 10/100 Ethernet interface,
> supported by Linux and working just fine. However, right now I am in
> dire need to establish a link between two machines, and my beloved
> ethernet cable will, of course, not do the trick, and a hub is
> nowhere to be found. I used to have a crosslink cable too, but those
> things tend to grow legs very quickly, and all of the ones I've ever
> had always did.
>
> What I really want is a USB-attachable network interface that has
> a crosslink/normal switch, or automatically tries one after the
> other to find a link. Do you know if such a device exists?
>
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>
> .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>
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I would just use a cross-over cable. What do you mean by "grows legs"?
Crossovers work just fine for me all of the time.
--Jonathan
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