On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 20:56 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 06:15:40PM -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 16:47 +0100, Doofus wrote: > > > Fernando Augusto Bender wrote: > > > > > > >Well, formerly straight cables were used to connect DTE to DCE. > > > > > > > >DCE-DCE or DTE-DTE shall be connected cross-over. > > > > > > > >DCE - data communication devices, like switch, modems, routers. > > > >DTE - data terminal devices: hosts. > > > > > > > > > > I suspect they were discussing CAT-5 ethernet cabling Fernando, not RS232. > > > > > > > > > > why do you say that, because of the DCE, DTE noums? They apply to any > > cabling. It's something universal. > > DTE means Data Terminal Equipment. > DCE means Data Communicatins Equipmend. > > In the old days data terminals (like teletypes) coonected to > communications networks (like telephone systems or telegraph services or > the like. > > The terminology is still valid when devices connect to specific > communications services, especially when the protocols or wiring is > asymmetric. It's not restricted to RS232. I know that when I was > working on X.26 protocols, the terminology was used between computers > and the network switches they connected to. > > I wish I wish that they would make all the connectors and protocols > symmetric so we could just plug anything into anything without the > hassle of determining which was DTE or DCE. Technically feasible. > But telecom systems like to maintain a technological distinction between > themselves and their customers. As if the hardware cares who is the > user and who is not. > > -- hendrik > >
I understand your concern, but the matter is in the clock. You must define who generates, regenerates and who extends the clock. But I do agree that it would be better to exist something simpler, although I am not sure it's possible. -- Ms. Eng. Fernando Augusto Bender Pesquisador em Controle Automático 51 8401 4413 Use Linux: http://www.debian.org Comer, beber e amar. O resto não vale um níquel. Lord Byron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
