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Re: A minimalist network



On 8/17/2016 4:33 PM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 05:00:25 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
Ahh the question is HOW <chuckle>
Bought Cat6 straight thru cable. Neither machine has a light to
blink, but both reacted indicating cable present - but no
communication established YET.

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 ...


I've been told elsewhere that a Gigabit interface does not require a "crossover" thingy. I date from era of "null modems" so I understand concept. More investigation warranted.






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