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10-12-2002, 10:45 AM
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Registered: May 2001
Location: New York
Distribution: Debian, Ubuntu
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cat 5 cable...
i forget which type of wiring you need to network 2 computers to each other (NIC to NIC). Is it rollover, crossover, or straighthrough? thanks..
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10-12-2002, 04:53 PM
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Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Grenoble
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 9,696
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10-13-2002, 08:25 AM
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Registered: May 2001
Location: New York
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thanks mara.
do you by any chance know the color sequence or know of any helpful links that do?
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10-13-2002, 09:16 AM
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Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Derbys, UK
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I think its...
1 orange / white
2 orange
3 green / white
4 blue / white
5 blue
6 green
7 brown / white
8 brown
at other end, switch 1 & 2 with 3 & 6 (eg 1 goes to 3, 2 goes to 6 etc)
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