J Mansfield wrote: > in most cases there is a requirement for a crossover cable.
Not so... Most current crop of machines (G4 included) can auto detect when directly connected via ethernet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE Macintosh: Apple Products That Require an Ethernet Crossover Cable Article ID: Created: Modified: 42717 3/29/02 2/5/03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOPIC This document outlines which Apple products require an Ethernet crossover cable, and which can use a standard Ethernet cable when connecting directly to another Apple product. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCUSSION You can connect two computers together using an Ethernet cable to form a small network. Depending on the computer model, you may need to use a crossover Ethernet cable instead of a straight-through Ethernet cable. Most later Macintosh computers are able to use either a straight-through Ethernet cable or a crossover Ethernet cable automatically through the use of Auto-Medium Dependent Interface Crossover (Auto-MDIX). Other Macintosh computers require the use of an Ethernet crossover cable because they only work with the Medium Dependent Interface (MDI) . Auto-MDIX automatically switches between MDI and MDI-X, which allows either type of cable to be connected regardless of whether you are connecting two computers directly, or you are connecting to a hub or switch. Note: MDI devices connected to Auto-MDIX devices do not require a crossover Ethernet cable. Products that do not require a crossover cable * Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) * Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) * Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) * Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002) * Xserve * Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) * PowerMac G4 (FW 800) * PowerBook G4 * PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) * PowerBook G4 (DVI) * PowerBook G4 (1 GHz/867 MHz) * PowerBook G4 (12-inch) * PowerBook G4 (17-inch) * iMac (17-inch 1GHz) * iBook (Dual USB) * iBook (Late 2001) * iBook (14.1 LCD) * iBook (16 VRAM) * iBook (14.1 LCD 16VRAM) * iBook (Opaque 16 VRAM) * iBook (32 VRAM) * iBook (14.1 LCD 32 VRAM) * AirPort Base Station (Dual Ethernet) * AirPort Extreme Base Station Products that require a crossover cable if connecting to another product from this list * Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) * Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics) * Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) * Power Mac G4 Cube * iMac * iMac (Slot Loading) * iMac (Summer 2000) (See Note 1.) * iMac (Early 2001) * iMac (Summer 2001) (See Note 1.) * iMac (Flat Panel) * eMac * PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze Keyboard) * PowerBook (FireWire) * iBook * iBook (FireWire) * AirPort Base Station (Graphite) Related documents * 106658 "Macintosh: How to Create a Small Ethernet Network" * 30722 "Ethernet: Crossover Cable Pinout" * 106655 "Ethernet: Speed of Ethernet Cabling" Notes 1. The parenthetical product descriptions (Summer 2000) and (Summer 2001) refer to the summer of the Northern Hemisphere. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Document Information Product Area: MC Category: Sub Category: Keywords: khwreview, kibook, kimac, kimacfp, kemac, kpbook, kpbg4 Survey: This document... fully addressed my question partially addressed my question but could be more complete or detailed did not address my question at all Submit support02 - 200303160602 Support Site Index | Export Compliance | Help Using Web Support Contact Us | Privacy Notice Copyright � 2003 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. 1-800-MY-APPLE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
