Sorry I faux'd (typing too fast and not thinking straight ;-) on the crossover, I did mean a straight passthrough/drop cable, or at least thats what it was IIRC. Anyhow, will check when the iBook comes back from its jaunt overseas.
Cheers Giles (c:= At 11:48 PM -0400 25/10/01, Steve Moody wrote: > You used a crossover cable, therefore, autosensing was never used. >How does this prove that autosensing does not require that both >systems be autosensing? Do you understand my question? > >At 1:41 PM +1000 10/26/01, Giles wrote: >>Untrue, hooked up a iBook 500MHz (autosensing) to iMacDV >>(non-autosensing) via a crossover cable and was able to fileshare. >> >>Cheers >> >>Giles (c:= >> >>At 11:39 PM -0400 25/10/01, Steve Moody wrote: >>>At 6:29 PM -0500 10/25/01, Michael Bryan Bell wrote: >>>>cabling, you need a hub or switch to route the signals... Unless you have a >>>>spiffy g4 powerbook which automatically senses it is plugged into a comp. >>> > > > Autosensing requires that both systems are autosensing. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
