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- Organization: Bar-Ilan University Computing Center, Israel
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 15:01:19 IST
- From: Doron Shikmoni <P85025@BARILVM.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92205.150119P85025@BARILVM.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet
- Subject: Re: 10basT Question
- References: <Brps5C.8H9@alsvid.une.edu.au> <53020001@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
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- In article <53020001@hpscit.sc.hp.com>, karl@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Karl Watanabe)
- says:
- >
- >The 10baseT chip transceiver from AMD automatically has polarity reversal.
- >Therefore it wouldn't be necessary to use a crossover cable.
-
- I think that would indeed be *polarity* reversal and not Xmt/Rcv reversal
- - that is, it would work if you attach the Tx+ to the Rx- etc., but I think
- it would *not* cross Xmt/Rcv, so you still not an X-over cable. I might
- be wrong here though.
-
- Doron
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