Today at 21:25, bascule wrote: > re: crossover cables Russell, while in general it's true you will need > crossover for machine to machine, there are nics that do autodetection of the > cable and adjust accordingly, as far as I'm aware that's hardware based, if > you happened to have such a nic you might be able to avoid new cables, though > the other advice you've had to go for a switch as part of your lan is good, > it allows for easy expansion and, depending on your initial hardware, provide > better performance than routing all traffic between clients through one > server > bascule
Normally, I ignore the documentation that comes with things like this, because it only talks about Micro$oft installations. Based on what you said I decided to have a look, and no, this one doesn't autodetect and adjust. At least, there's nothing in the manual saying so. I've already ordered this switch: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-130-107&depa=5, and so I'll pull out one of the boards, return it to walmart, and use eth1 to connect to the switch. In the long term this is a better solution for me, since I'll not only avoid headaches, but I'll have extra ports for future expansion. I figure that someday I'll throw together on old system, as an X-term put it in my woodshop, and run a cable from there to the switch, that way I'll be able to log in from the woodshop office without having to walk back to the house. Thanks! -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Russ. Visit my nursery: http://www.angelfire.com/linux/behnesnursery/ The Behne Family Genealogy Project: http://www.usgenealogy.net/members/rwbehne/ Should we continue to trust Bush as our leader? Read this, then you decide: http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4636.shtml ----------------------=====[Russell's Quotes 1]=====---------------------- Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd, and never well mended. --------------------=====[Russell's Quotes 2]=====------------------------ The Proud hate Pride -- in others. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.TruthAboutWar.org What is freedom, really? See this great flash presentation: http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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