On Thursday 24 July 2003 16:45, Beni Cherniavsky wrote: <rant about non-crossed cables>
> > I recall that some new cards "autodetect polarity". Does this refer > to polarity on each pair or also to Tx/Rx autodetection? Is there a > chance that it will work with crossed cables anyway? I never heard of network cards that do that, but many switch-hubs (even relatively cheap ones) are able to use crossed or non-crossed cables; specifically - some D-Link ADSL router/hubs do that. > Is it safe to > experiment of do I risk letting the smoke out? Completely safe. Connecting crossed cable instead of non-crossed will simply not work, but it won't damage the equipment. -- - Aviram ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
