On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Stephen Zander wrote: > Thomas Lakofski wrote: > > You'd be surprised... I described a cross cable to a friend of mine, and > > told him that he'd have to go and get one made up or get some tools. He > > mailed me back 5 minutes later to tell me that he'd got it working. I > > asked him how, he said he'd pried the cable apart, done the cross (he'd > > never seen ethernet before, and yet he got it right), and then used duct > > tape to 'secure' the cable back in the cable end. It worked, and it still > > does. > > OK, then, which two wires need crossing?
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