I just used a male and female 9 pin D shell connector, and made all my
changes at there. I found it much easier than getting all the wires into the
RJ correctly... just my 2/100ths.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 4:09
> To: Sheldon Tkatch; JueyChong Ong
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Warning: Non-local users!
>
> > From: Sheldon Tkatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: JueyChong Ong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Warning: Non-local users!
> >
> > Based on your description, I gather that you have two computers with
> 10baseT
> > network cards. If you do, (and do NOT have a hub) you can still connect
> them
> > together. ...
>
> The remainder of the mail gave instructions and identified colors of
> specific
> wires. Two points:
> 1. 4,5,7,8 are not used and since it is tricky lining up all the wires
> when
> creating the cross-over, it's usually easier to cut the unused wires
> back
> to where you strip the outside insulation.
> 2. Assuming you use a standard cable and cut off one connector that you
> will
> replace with a cross-over, don't rely on the colors for pin
> identification.
