[rescue] Fiber channel

James Sharp jsharp at psychoses.org
Tue Jan 15 21:19:16 CST 2002


> I am working on a lab for my Network+ students, and was wondering if some of
> you could answer a question for me? If I install one of these cards in 2
> different computers, can I reverse the send and receive cables and create an
> Ethernet connection between the 2 systems?
>
>  http://www.pcsurplusonline.com/viewprod.cfm?ID=371
>

Yup.  You'd have a full duplex 10 Megabit ethernet connection.   And the
cards aren't fiber channel...they're merely 10BaseFL cards.  Fiber channel
is an entirely different ball of wax.



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