[rescue] AUI to Ethernet

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What type of switch is this exactly?
	Nick

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Drew Schatt wrote:

> Haven't tried that yet, but I have found that you can take any type of
> cable and plug it into two ports on the same switch and it generates
> link.  (Did it just for kicks to see what would happen).  
> If I find someone with another one of these switches, I'll have to try
> that.  	
> 	I think that it will probably (based on single switch
> operation) work just fine.  I'm just guessing, but I think that the switch
> first checks connectivity on all the pairs, and then enables the ones that
> it needs to get either a crossover or normal cable to work based on what's
> responding.  Since the switches are made to handle up to 8 identical
> switches and create a larger fabric, I'm sure that they set up some type
> of handling for this type of situation.
> 	-Drew
> 
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Paul Sladen wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Drew Schatt wrote:
> > 
> > > I have an HP 2524 switch with 24 ports and every port on it auto senses if
> > > a crossover cable or a normal cable is connected, and automatically
> > > handles it appropriately.
> > 
> > Ho ho ho... gonna be interesting when you hook a pair of these switchs
> > together.  Have you tried it yet, I'd be most interested to know how
> > [if] they survive.
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
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