swithch and hub question

Mon Jun 7 17:50:31 UTC 2004

On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:04:19PM -0400, Ivan Avery Frey wrote:
> A cross-over cable is a definite must have if you want to connect two 
> computers directly, but I wonder if somebody could correct my impression 
> that newer computers had autosensing MDI/MDIX ports.

Many new switches have them, but I haven't seen them on computers much
in general (and I suspect something to do with managed switches might be
the reason that they don't usually put them on computers, but I am
really not sure.  Maybe it's a cost thing.)

Lennart Sorensen
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