https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface#Auto_MDI-X
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:47 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > Cross-over cables are an obsolete concept, since the last decade or more. > Any modern NIC (or switch) will do Auto-MDX to automatically resolve > transmit-receive coordination. > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 1:09 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sat, 17 Mar 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> >> I already tried it with the new desktop, following all the advice from >>> Ubuntu and other places online, and again I have failed. I always have my >>> laptop with me at the Clinic, so I'm wondering - if I bring the new >>> desktop would we be able to connect it to the laptop via Free Geek's >>> network, or otherwise, so that with the sage advice of those more clever >>> than me I can finally get each computer to see and work with files on the >>> other computer? >>> >> >> John, >> >> I might be there. If so, I'll bring a cross-over cable (the orange >> ones). >> That allows direct connections between two hosts. >> >> Rich >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
