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Date:      Sat, 20 Dec 2003 14:08:52 -0800
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: crossover between gigE?
Message-ID:  <20031220140852.A30531@xorpc.icir.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031220151122.GQ60229@elvis.mu.org>; from bright@mu.org on Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:11:22AM -0800
References:  <20031220151122.GQ60229@elvis.mu.org>

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On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:11:22AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> Any suggestion of the kind of cable one should look for at Frys
> to run between two gigE card (intel em0) to function as a crossover?

A straight cable with all 4 pairs wired will work. GigE (and many modern
100Mbit switches) have auto polarity detection.

	cheers
	luigi

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