that's the cable itself, a straight-through and a crossover cable only differ in their wiring at the ends. Compare the two ends, if the order of the 8 colored wires inside match, it's straight-through. Whatis.com can show you the wiring pattern, and some common color orderings.
-Martin N. On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Emmanuel Di Pretoro wrote: > Hi > > OK, so, I've a lot of cable, and I'm pretty sure the used cable is a > cross-over. But, error is human, isn't it ? So, on my cable I can see > "CAT. 5 UTP 24 AWG 4PAIRS". So, 4PAIRS is for a cross-over cable, isn't > it ? > > For the rest, I want to backup my laptop on my desktop. I want to use a > single FTP connection. Maybe, I'll set up NFS. > > Thanks in advance, > > Manu > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:13:11 -0700 (PDT) > "Jeremy Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Manu, > > > > Usually, when you have a regular cable instead of a cross-over, one of > > the computers will get TX packet errors. However, if you are really > > using a cross-over, then that is not the problem. Maybe you can try > > replacing the lan card in your desktop since that's the one erroring. > > You should consider another 3com as well since they tend to work well > > together. > > > > In terms of more information, I was looking for info on what you want > > the network to do. (ie router, or just peer-2-peer samba network... or > > etc...) > > > > Good Luck, > > > > Jeremy > > -- > > HK Tech. Research Group > > Linux developement project > > http://www.hktech.org > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 01:29:59 -0700 (PDT) > > "Jeremy Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Are you using a cross-over cable or are you networking through a > > > hub? > > > > I use a cross-over cable. > > > > > looking at that. A little more information would be helpful to us to > > > be able to assist you with your problem. > > > > Which kind of information ? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Manu > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
