Re: A minimalist network
On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 05:45:47 PM Miles Fidelman wrote:
> On 8/17/16 5:33 PM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > As stated by someone else, you need a crossover cable--or something
> > equivalent, like plug cables from both machines into a switch, router, or
> > hub, I think I've seen someone selling like a crossover adaptera female
> > to male adapter wired as a crossover ...
>
> Not necessarily. It depends on the NICs. Auto-detect has become pretty
> commonplace over the past 10 years, and I believe that gigE uses all 4
> pairs.
Ok, I guess I learned something.
>
> Now if you were connecting RS232 ports....
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