Author: Mike Burrows Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Re: Which NIC is which?
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 23:12 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 05:54:21PM -0500, Mike Burrows wrote:
> > When I plug eth1 into a router i can connect to another network (the
> > status light on the card lights) but when i connect straight to another
> > pc, i.e.
> >
> > ISP
> > |
> > EXTIF
> > Sarge Box
> > INTIF
> > |
> > Client PC
> >
> > the light doesn't work and the client can't ping INTIF.
>
> To directly connect two end network devices the cable has to be wired
> differently.
>
> You either need:
>
> - a crossover cable (what you have is a straight through ethernet
> cable)
>
> - a hub / switch
>
> - auto-MDIX ethernet cards on both ends; I think all gigabit cards
> are auto-MDIX. auto-MDIX means it can sense which way it is
> wired. Thanks Andy, that confirms what I had suspected. I did try what I
thought was a crossover cable just now but that didn't work so maybe it
wasn't. I'll pop out to compusa later and treat myself to a switch.
