(you probably already know this, but I'm pointing it out for everyone elses benefit)
568A and 568B wiring is the same, except that the TX and RX pairs (in the case of ethernet) are reversed. If you're thinking to yourself that this is how you make a crossover ethernet cable (568A on one side, and 568B on the other). Alot of ethernet switches are starting to have this auto-sense mechanism, its handly when you want to connect 2 switches together, but neither has a uplink port. This will hopefully put an end to the $20 Cross Over cables being sold at Frys, etc. On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:29:00PM -0800, Tim Pozar wrote: > I was at a friends house helping him wire up his place with Cat-6 > wiring for his Ethernet network. He had already wired up the jacks > to what we later found out as the "A" wiring layout. The patchbay > that I hooked up to his network was laid out as "B". We couldn't > figure out why his Apple G3 would connect but none of his PCs would. > We finally figured out the discrepancy on the wiring and discovered > to our amazement that the G3 boxes would self-configure to our > mis-wiring. > > Its funny that Apple never talks about these neat little features. > > Tim > -- > Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA > POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 > "Be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind > don't matter and the people who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- Steve Rubin / AE6CH / Phone: (408)406-1308 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / N57DL / http://www.tch.org/~ser/ -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
