Howdy, The feature is called Auto MDIX(Automatic medium-dependent interface crossover). All gig ethernet cards will support it, since it is part of the spec. Most recent switches support it. I have a crossover cable, but have not needed it in a while.
On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 12:49 -0500, Dana Collins wrote: > On 1/22/09 10:12 AM, Hunter Fuller of hackmies...@gmail.com sent > > > > > Fred Miller wrote: > >> I don't know for sure about hooking a Mac to a PC, but to hook 2 PC's > >> together you need to use an ethernet crossover cable. > >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---