17 Jan 2007 19:35:08 -0800, christop <christop_baron@yahoo.fr>:
... Yes, but nothing is going through the line for now, and I would like it to do something. Learning and understanding before only buying more (if possible). Would it be different if it was straight with a switch? I would first like to ping with the devices I do have now. But if it is actualy harder to do it with twisted paires,
networking two pcs with a twisted (crosslink ) cable _couldn't_ get any easier! You just plug the cable to the PCs. That's it. Being so simple means it's more stable also (less parts less things to go wrong). There are only two drawback with them: they are useless with anything more than 2 pcs and they look exactly like normal ones (so you got to be extra cautious when picking). Why then do people that do networking complain about them? Well the only reason is that when you use a lot of cables the fact that crosslink ones look just like normal ones means that sooner or later you will use the wrong type and you will spend some time until you notice the silly mistake. It's at this point that most people will through away the crosslink ones to save theirselves the trouble next time (and do the association crosslink = no no).