Dumb networking question...

pll at lanminds.com pll at lanminds.com
Wed Apr 2 09:56:54 EST 2003


In a message dated: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 20:25:50 EST
Ben Boulanger said:

>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.

I believe the newer Bay/Nortel Networks switches do this as well, but 
I'm not positive.
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