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[ale] Patch vs. crossover cables
- Subject: [ale] Patch vs. crossover cables
- From: tcarter at entrusion.com (Tony Carter)
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:33:03 -0500
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
> Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> > No need for a crossover unless you're going NIC to NIC or
> hub/switch
> > to hub/switch, unless hub/switch in question has a
> "convertible" port
> > for the purpose.
>
> Many of the newer switches have autosensing so you can plug
> anything into them with a regular cable and it will work..
>
This feature is call Autosensing MDI/MDIX. Some of the newer Ethernet cards
come with this feature as well.
-Tony