Setting up a network and sharing internet

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Aug 18 17:06:09 UTC 2005


Henry Spencer wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, James Knott wrote:
>>>An Ethernet port transmits on one pair of wires and receives on another,
>>>and to connect two together, there *must* be a crossover somewhere, so
>>>that each port's transmitter pair is connected to the other's receiver. 
>>Except for Gigabit, which transmits and receives on all four pairs.
> 
> It's also smart enough to handle the crossover issue itself, so it doesn't
> come into this particular discussion.  (It will when it gets common enough
> that ordinary machines start coming with it by default, but that'll be a
> little while yet.)

Actually, it's already happening.  I've recently worked on many
computers, that come with gigabit by default.


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