Rick,
I used an Intel hub for ~2yrs after the x-over cable until I was convinced
on this List
to dump the hub and move to a switch. Switched and never looked back!
Yes, I now use switches that have the uplink ports and I use
the uplink function now because I now have my two switches in "series" between
my computer room and the back of the house. Works very well.
I salute you! I've been an Intel nic fan-boy since my testing in
1997-98. Have
never used anything else. Intel nics always find the best way, and, always
get through whatever "hash" I may create. And, my old rt314 router has the
uplink port also. Plan to use it again if/when I put in broadband
again. We are
having a mini-price war here now that AT&T has moved it and camped.
Best,
Duncan
At 15:08 07/25/2007 -0400, you wrote:
Works that way ---------
Unless something in the "chain" autodetects the crossover cable is missing,
(or "is there" when it should not be) and "corrects" the wiring for you
"automagically"...
I have a hub on my desk that has a uplink switch for ONE port.
Same as switching it into (or using) a cross-over cable...
I "used to use" that with two or three old Routers as a disconnect
switch for "my" section of the network connected on that hub...
(It was the input feed port.)
Well, my new Router detects I push that switch and "corrects" the wiring
for me
in a second or two... Can't kill that hub so easy anymore, (unless I power
it down...)
I brought up the "Router part" as a "new topic" in all of this, but I
"think" I have
some good network cards that will do the same thing... (Intel Pro/1000
series???)
Summary, Just because something works a certain way with some stuff,
different stuff may get entirely different results...
(Not to muddy the waters or anything, <grin>...)
Rick Glazier
----- Original Message ----- From: "DHSinclair" (in reply to a different
Rick.)
Yes, Rick. That is what I learned way back in 1998. Notice that this is
a very old msg from many years back!
And why the only cross-over cable I own is now 9yrs old and used
exactly twice! LOL!
Thanks.
Best,
Duncan
At 08:16 07/25/2007 -0400, you wrote:
You need either a cross over cable or a hub.
Pc to pc without hub requires a crossover cable.
Pc to hub to pc requires two normal cables.
Rick Q
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