Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:25:32 +0100 (BST) From: Jasper Wallace <jasper@ivision.co.uk> To: Alan Edmonds <aedmonds@digitalconvergence.com> Cc: Drew Sanford <lauasanf@bellsouth.net>, Greg Pavelcak <gpav@som.umass.edu>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop <-> Desktop by ethernet Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0010101419250.8521-100000@avengers> In-Reply-To: <39E30BFB.8998A2E9@digitalconvergence.com>
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On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Alan Edmonds wrote: > > Sorry I didn't notice this earlier. There is > an issue with some of the Intel chipset cards > and crossover cables. The summary is you can't > use a crossover cable. I'm not sure exactly which > Intel NIC cards are affected. It might be only > trying to connect two Intel cards together that > is a problem. > > If you can try it with a hub, it might solve your problem. > > There was a discussion about this on -hackers not too long > ago. Here's a link to the previous discussion. > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=45338+47352+/usr/local/www/db/text/1998/freebsd-hackers/19981025.freebsd-hackers I've used Intel Express Pro 100(+?)'s with crossover cables last night between 3.4 and 4.1. And I've definatly had one running between two fxp0 on a 4.1 system. -- Internet Vision Internet Consultancy Tel: 020 7589 4500 60 Albert Court & Web development Fax: 020 7589 4522 Prince Consort Road vision@ivision.co.uk London SW7 2BE http://www.ivision.co.uk/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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