-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Thanks for your assurances. Unfortunately, I am without a hub, so a > crossover cable is my only option. If the cable was made incorrectly, > then that would account for at least some of my troubles -- could you > point me to some literature describing how a xover cable is made, or > else explain the process on list? I would appreciate it. I always > understood a crossover cable to be a cable that routed pin 1 to pin 8, > pin 2 to pin 7, etc. For some crossover cables, perhaps. But recall that TP ethernet only uses 2 pairs of wires - at least some of the signals are going to places where they're not being listened for. http://www.pin-outs.com/datasheet_72.htm has the pinout you're looking for. - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7Bghx/ZTSZFDeHPwRAl8DAKCgB+YKCEve61svjjkOr3IFPiVSrwCfbo3k yaZfp3eYVH7P+M6ZRGLFvlM= =JR1u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----