On Sat, 05 Jun, 2004 at 00:38:21 +0200, Leendert Meyer wrote:
On Friday 04 June 2004 09:52, Ulrich Leopold wrote:
How do you connect your laptop to the server? via 1 cable or via a hub/switch? Mind the crosslink cable...
I just read this remark above. What does this mean? I am using a usual network cable which i usually use to connect to a DSL modem or network hub.
In this case I connect both computers directly via the eth interfaces. DO I need a different cable?
That means:
If you connect 2 pc's directly, i.e. with 1 cable, to eachother, you need a 'crosslink cable'.
Unless one of the adapters is 'autosensing' (which I doubt) When you connect the PCs, do the LEDs on the adapters light up? If they don't, then you need to: a: Use a crosslink cable or b: Put a hub/switch in between the two HTH /Jon -- Whatever rocks your boat!