>On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 08:34:43 -0700, Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> -- standard Ethernet cables cannot be used to connect two machines directly.
>> For that, you need a "cross-over" cable, which switches the lines in a
>> manner analogous to "modem eliminator" cablesor adapters on serial lines.
This is true only for twisted pair cable, but I am using thin ethernet cable.
Thin ethernet requires BNC T-connectors at each card and a terminator at
both ends of the segment. No HUB is needed.
(my ethernet cards are quite old ISA cards)
(and the system is RedHat Linux 6.0 with networking installed)
So the question still remains...
p.s. Sorry that I did not give you all the information needed
Ralf Strandell
