[rescue] AUI to Ethernet

Dave McGuire rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Oct 18 13:57:56 CDT 2001


On October 18, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> >   Make it a straight-through cable, not a crossover.  This is a
> > standard configuration.
> 
> Well, that depends on what kind of port is on the switch.....
> 
> One of my ethernet switches has all cross-over ports (it was designed to
> be used with up-link ports on hubs).  Another has two cross-over ports
> and a bunch of "normal" ports.

  In my experience these are much less common than non-crossover
ports.

  It's cool that someone designed one specifically to feed hubs,
though.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD



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