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Re: help please - cat5, crossover vs 'straight'


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: help please - cat5, crossover vs 'straight'
  • From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:58:59 +0000
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You will require straight cables between the the PC's and the hub ports
*unless* you connect to an uplink port on the hub (of which there will not
be more than 1, and it might not have any) - in which case you can continue
to use your existing X-over cable.

Paul G.



>From: "jakl2001uk" <jakl2001uk@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] help please - cat5, crossover vs 'straight'
>Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 08:50:38 -0000
>
>hi, new to networking..i have two pc's conneted directly with a
>crossover cable. i would like to expand  the system and will
>therefore be purchasing a hub...question: waht kind of cable will i
>need to use to conect the pc's to the hub? will either crosover
>or 'straight' cable work?
>
>tia
>
>




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