On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Paul Lee wrote about, CAT5 Ethernet cable:
> Hello,
>
> I have two computers with different Ethernet cards, DEC tulip & 3com 10BaseT.
> When I talk to a vender, they say I need to use cross-over cable since my network
> doesn't have hop. But being a newbie, I don't know much about anything.
> I got some cable but it looks like it's not working (maybe setup is fault).
> It says "CAT 5" and has only 4 small wires in inside.
> Is it correct cable? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Then your vendor(s) are correct, but the misunderstanding is its "hub" not
"hop", and as to only 4 wires i cant comment, there are more than 4 in an
ethernet card connector, your best bet is to ask the vendor(s) for a
cross-over cable, i think there will be more than 4 wires, i stand to get
corrected on that.
Providing both machines see the ethernet cards, they are configured, (check
with ifconfig), there are routes between both machines, then you can can
say they should work, Ray has more experiance with cross-over cables than
i, i trust he will comment on this.
> Thanks,
> Paul
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