On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:14:27PM +0200, Geoff Shang wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Michael Tewner wrote:
>
>> Shimi's solution will work - use a cross-over cable, though, in order to
>> connect the switches together.
>
> hmm.  Is there an easy way to tell a crossover cable from a straight one? 
> I've never really had to worry about it before except in one specific  
> instance and I had many fewer ethernet cables in those days.

By the colors of the wires:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vergleich_2von2_Crossoverkabel.jpg
-- 
Didi


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