Basically a crossover cable has the same pin layout as a regular ethernet
cable except pair2 is crossed with pair3
There is a FAQ that explains how to make the type of cable you will need to
connect two computers together without a hub at this address.
http://web.syr.edu/~jmwobus/comfaqs/faq-comp.dcom.cabling What your looking
for is a crossover cable which you can buy instead of make yourself unless
you make cables quite often. Section 12.3 of the FAQ covers how to make the
cross over cable
As far as getting to two machines to talk all you should have to do is
install an ethernet card on each machine and give it an IP number such as
192.168.10.10 and 192.168.10.20. Set each card as the computer's default
route and add each couputer to the other's /etc/hosts file. Try to ping one
computyer from the other and if they talk then your all set.
I've never actually done this with linux machines but I have done something
very similar with two Win95 Machines. Good Luck.
-Wes
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From: Matthew A Brodycz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, February 20, 1999 3:43 PM
Subject: Ethernet Pinout
>Where can I get the pinout for a standard ethernet cable?
>Can linux support TWO computers using cat5/RJ45 without a hub?
>Does anyone have the pinout for the cable that can be used to do this
>(read that standard pinout wouldn't work)?
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