[olug] MDI/MDIX autodetection (was nonnetwork)

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Fri Oct 21 03:23:15 UTC 2005


Neal Rauhauser wrote:
>   I've never seen and I don't believe it makes any sense for their to be 
> an autodetecting PCI or integrated NIC.

Apparently you've never worked with gigabit ethernet ;)

>   Making a crossover takes all of five minutes if you've got ends and a 
> crimp tool ...

... and you don't mind re-doing a couple times because you don't do it
frequently enough to keep your skills up to snuff.

-- 

Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us



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