crossover between gigE?

Michael Sierchio kudzu at tenebras.com
Sat Dec 20 14:14:09 PST 2003


Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> Any suggestion of the kind of cable one should look for at Frys
> to run between two gigE card (intel em0) to function as a crossover?
> 
> 

I was under the impression that copper gigE cards were auto-sensing
for polarity and it didn't matter whether you use a straight or crossover.

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