Exactly :) I have tried this before and unless you go out and buy a NIC and it happens to support this then it will not work. The NIC and hub can tell if you have plugged in a crossover cable and it will not establish a link, unless you are using NICs and hubs that can do what Kevin is talking about.
Kevin Anderson said: > Agreed. > > There are some newer NICs (I've heard Apple uses them) and switches that > "autodetect" if they should be a crossover of straight through on the > jack, but that's it. And i'd bet a significant chunk of cash that > nobody will EVER put this level of tech into a lowly little hub (which > is what he specifically mentioned). If I'm wrong, and they do, I'd also > bet money that the purchasers are also the same people that by fiber to > TP transcievers so they can plug their "fiber to the desktop" > workstations into this little hub. :) > > Kev. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cade Cairns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) crossover cables > > >> YOU MUST BE INSANE! ELECTRICITY DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! >> >> Just kidding. I cant imagine any reason for the transmit pins to >> suddenly for some reason change, can anybody who responded with (or >> know) prove me wrong? >> >> Regards, >> Cade Cairns >> >> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Garth Meisel wrote: >> >> > OK, hold up here. Everybody is going bezerk and all I asked was one > simple >> > question. I'll ask it again. >> > >> > Will a hub perform properly with all crossover cables instead of >> regular (straight thru) cables? >> > >> > This has nothing to do with what the normal is or how things SHOULD >> be > done in >> > an ideal world. I just want to know if the hub and everything would > function >> > with crossovers everywhere instead of regular straight thru cables. > That >> > means a crossover feeding the hub and crossovers to the systems >> hooked > to the >> > hub. >> >
