> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Reynolds [mailto:paulr@mcgovern.co.nz]
> Sent: Monday, 6 March 2000 10:32
> To: adsl@freebsddiary.cx
> Subject: RE: ADSL install
>
>
> At the risk of stating the obvious to some - but in the
> interest of helping others , when I set up the Nokia to run a
> common Internet gateway on our small peer to peer LAN ( five
> machines ) - it didnt; work !
> The solution however couldnt have been simpler - throw away
> the blue cable that came with the Nokia , and replace the
> (cable) connection from the M10 to the Hub ( as shown in the
> wee graph) with an ordinary network cable ..
> The result - bingo !
>
>
Yep, the supplied blue cable is a crossover...eg the transmit and receive
pairs are crossed (pin 1-3, 2-6, 3-1, 6-2), or MDI/X in hub speak.

This is correct for use between two MDI devices, (2 computers, or router and
PC).

Since hub ports are already MDI/X, you've just re-crossed it!

Some hubs have a link port designed for interlinking hubs with a standard
cable, which is switchable between MDI and MDI/X.

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Received on Tue Mar 7 19:49:32 2000