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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Twisted Pair Ethernet
- Message-ID: <Bszt8C.F8w@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 21:33:46 GMT
- References: <9z2mh5p.kens@netcom.com> <1992Aug12.135606.998@ukw.uucp>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Aug12.135606.998@ukw.uucp> lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph) writes:
- >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 entirely true. You can connect two (2) (exactly 2) 10BaseT transceivers
- with just a crossover cable. This is not an accident; 10BaseT was designed
- that way. For three or more, however, you need a hub.
- --
- There is nothing wrong with making | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- mistakes, but... make *new* ones. -D.Sim| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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