Well, well, and I though us Brits were always screwed when it came to
shopping!! A pair of RJ45 crimpers for occasional ue can be bought from PC
world for about £15, about $25!!
But if you want to use the student method, use a pair of pliers!! Worked for
me! And my loopback tester consisted of the flashing lights on the two
computers I was connecting.
I have to say though, I have only seen crossover cables for sale once, and
they are more expensive, for some bizarre reason! Much better to 'adapt' an
existing patch cable.
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Crouch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Forcing Network card to read off of 10baseT
John Aldrich wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> >
> > And after pricing a decent pair of crimpers, you'll find that hub
> > looking more and more likely. Besides, with a crossover cable you're
> > absolutely, positively limited to two machines. With a hub you've got
> > growing room.
> >
> Yep. :-) Although knowing how to make your own cables could come in
> QUITE handy. :-)
> John
Well let's see...the crimpers are about $100 but after you make the cable
you still need a loopback tester to see if all connections are good so
that's more $$$.
Expensive hobby ain't it?
Bill
