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- From: was@gdwb.oz.au (Warren Stokes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: Twisted Pair Ethernet
- Message-ID: <3180@peking.gdwb.oz.au>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 21:06:30 GMT
- References: <9z2mh5p.kens@netcom.com> <1992Aug12.135606.998@ukw.uucp>
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- lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph) writes:
-
- >kens@netcom.com (Ken Schneider) writes:
-
- >>I'm trying to set up a network with two Sparc 2's using
- >>twisted pair. We've got w 10baseT transceivers from Marvell Technology
- >>that hook right on to the AUI connectors on the Sparcs. I've configured the
- >>systems' software correctly (I think), but when I ping - the transmit light
- >>flashes, but the other node doesn't receive any packets. I think the problem
- >>may be the twisted pair cable that we put together. Does anyone know the
- >>correct wiring for a twisted pair cable (xmit, receive wires ??).
-
- >You have not mentioned a hub. Is it possible taht you tried to
- >connect the two transceivers directly? This will not work.
- >A twisted pair transceiver contains only part of the logic.
- >The rest resides in the hub.
-
- Not true. Two TP transceivers can talk directly to each other on a single
- piece of 10BaseT cable. All you have to do is make sure that the TX on one
- goes into the RX on the other. A minor alteration to the cable only.
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