On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 02:49:39PM -0800, Andrew Sharp wrote: > Ur, you cannot use a crossover cable with gigabit+. It has to be an > 8 wire cable of type "straight thru" which is the standard twisted > pair wire. Make sure your cable, if you didn't make it yourself,
Err, are you sure? Since all 4 pairs are used, I thought most PHY devices were capable of working out which was which by themselves. Ie cross-over will be automatically detected. > Some uber smart switches will detect a crossover cable, drop the > interface to 100BT and fix up the wiring auto-sensibly, but mine > certainly doesn't do that. Doesn't sound right. Haven't tried it myself though. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
