On 2021-03-30 17:28, IL Ka wrote:
You might need a x-over RJ45 cable to connect the 2 together.
There is a technology called "Auto MDI-X". With it NIC can detect cable
type hence it can support both cross-cord and patch-cord.
This technology is optional for 10Mb and 100Mb (although widely
implemented
in 100).
For 1000Mb cross cable is never required.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface#Auto_MDI-X
I suppose it depends on the age, I recall having a PC needed a x-over
cable for whatever it was I was doing.
mick
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