Take a look here for the background: http://www.netguru.co.il/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19
The cable issue is mostly historical. All network equipment is devided into 2 categories: - DTE (Data Terminal Equipment: NICs) - DCE (Data Communication Equipment: hubs, switches, routers, etc...) DTE<---(cross)-->DTE DCE<---(cross)--->DCE DTE<---(streight)--->DCE The differences are explained here: http://www.patton.com/technotes/about_dce-dte_for_ethernet.pdf Guy On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 18:39, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > It occurred to me that I did not know *why* different cables were used > for PC<->hub and PC<->PC. A quick google didn't help. Can anyone > enlighten me regarding the reason? > -- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
