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suba	10 June 2003 10:35 AM

it is possible to connect 2 PCs together with 100mbit NIC and a CAT5 cross over cable but is it the same with gigabit NIC? will i get gigabit connection?

Iain	10 June 2003 11:17 AM

You may be lucky, some gigabit cards don't need a cross over cable.

I have two intel Gigabit cards linked via a straight thru cable.

HHxx	10 June 2003 11:26 AM

If we are talking about 1000BaseT then a crossover cable is a no no.

suba	10 June 2003 11:46 AM

i was just think, if the cross over cable work with 100mbit NIC, then shouldn't it work with gigabit NIC?

dsmith

10 June 2003 05:13 PM

1000BaseT uses all 4 pairs. Std X-over wont work. This site has a 1000BaseT x-over cabling diagram.

Never tried it myself though...

http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking...s/thistedg.htm

Dean

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