Dumb networking question...

[Jerry Feldman]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:25:50 -0500 (EST)
Ben Boulanger <ben at blackavar.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Derek Martin wrote:
> > This is not entirely true.  Many switches have ports that auto-sense
> > whether they should be crossed over or straight through...
> 
> Never heard of this - got any models I can look up??  Cool technology 
> rules.
My old Linksys switch does not auto sense, but has port 1 set up with a
normal/uplink switch. The linksys routers that I have have port 1 set up
with two jacks, one is normal, the other being uplink. I do have a
crossover cable, but I use that for installfests. 


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