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- From: jonathan@netcom.com (Jonathan Ridder)
- Subject: Re: 10basT Question
- Message-ID: <3hfm+da.jonathan@netcom.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 07:18:07 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <Brps5C.8H9@alsvid.une.edu.au>
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- geoff@alsvid.une.edu.au (Geoff Hill) writes:
-
- >Excuse my ignorance, I'm very new to 10baseT.
- >Is it possible to link 2 PCs together using 10baseT only. ie. A 10basT card in
- >each PC attached over a single run of UTP.
-
- > PC-1 ----------------------------------------------- PC-2
- > UTP Level 4
-
- >Or do you require some type of hub/repeater between the 2 PCs ?
-
- Yes.
-
- Though this is not usually done (and may not officially be supported?),
- you can connect them with a crossover cable. The crossover cable is
- wired so that the receive pairs connect to the transmit pairs. If I
- recall, this would be pin 1 to pin 3 and pin 2 to pin6.
-
- At work, we use this to connect hosts directly into bridges, routers,
- or Kalpanas.
- --
- "I don't mind Tigger being in the Forest," Eeyore went on, "because it's
- a large Forest, and there's plenty of room to bounce in it. But I don't
- see why he should come into my little corner of it, and bounce there."
- A.A. Milne jonathan@netcom.com
-