Richard -- this is incorrect. UTP-based Ethernet has the same kind of
"two-endedness" as serial connections. Just as DTE and DCE pinouts are
different for RS232, "hub" and "device" ends are different in UTP Ethernet.
A UTP crossover cable is an exact analog to a modem-eliminator cable.
See my separate response to the original question for the actual "pinout"
differences.
At 07:21 PM 8/3/00 +0000, Richard Adams wrote:
>On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, Chris S wrote about, crossover cable??:
>> i am trying to connect my windoze machine to my linux box, and in the HOWTO
>> it says i will need a 'crossover' cable. is this a special type of cable or
>> can i just use any old RJ45? i set up samba and wasn't able to see anything
>> with win98 machine, i thought the cable may be the problem. thanks in
>> advance.
>
>Basicly you use whatever cable/connectors the card(s) "BOTH" support, be it
>coax cable rj-45 or whatever.
>
>Normally speaking one refers to a crossover cable when one talks of serial
>communication from one com port to another on a remote machine.
>
>So to answer your question in simple terms IF you mean an ethernet card, as
>long as both ethernet cards have the same type of connector then it does
>not matter what you use, the only exception to the rule is speed.
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