Depending upon whether your ethernet card has the capability to detect that you are directly connecting and switch to "crossover" mode. I am sure there is a more precise technical description, but I believe that is the gist of it.
Although if you already have a router, I'm not sure why you would elect not to use it.... -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34185 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
