Wow I take that back RJ45 crimp tools, and cable ends have dropped a lot in price since the last time I looked. But still cost wise for a one off cable it's not worth it.
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 1:05 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > It might be cheaper to just buy an inexpensive hub, or switch. For a 5ft > cross over patch cable we're talking ~$6 usd . . . for less than twice that > cost you can get a cheap 10/100 switch. > > You can also make your own cables, but ethernet plug ends, and crimpers > are pretty much out of reach( cost wise ) for the typical hobbyist. > > On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> On Sat, 28 May 2016 03:05:46 -0700 (PDT), >> [email protected] declaimed the >> following: >> >> >> >But when i connect two BBB peer to peer, result is different. in this >> case, >> >link not brought up and the LEDs of ethernet ports not light up and >> hence i >> >can't ping from one BBB to another one. >> >> Don't use a regular ethernet cable -- use a cross-over cable -- >> with a >> regular cable you just connected Tx1 to Tx2 and Rx1 to Rx2, rather than >> Tx1 >> to Rx2 and Rx1 to Tx2 >> >> Routers/switches/hubs do the cross-over internally, and some even >> are >> designed with auto-sense to work with either a cross-over or straight >> cable >> (normally when linking two switches together when they don't have a >> dedicated link port) >> >> >> >Some points are here: >> >1- Sometimes, after a while about 1, 2, minutes... or more, the link >> >becomes up. >> >> Possibly something in the BBB is capable, after enough time, to >> logically swap Tx and Rx in the PHY layer. >> -- >> Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN >> [email protected] HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/jsjjkb9b99nofn4ik3ar7gpo4eqvn0utqq%404ax.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORrcv2dty7e8gNJwYGjXU%3DiA0wbeV-Tg%3DK9nvr%3D8Sd91DQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
