On Sunday, August 04, 2019 11:16:09 AM Richard Hector wrote: > On 5/08/19 12:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 04, 2019 at 12:58:14PM +0100, mick crane wrote: > >> what sort of cable ? > >> If ethernet, machine to machine directly seem to recall you might > >> want a cross over cable. > >> Can chop cable in two and connect the > >> red to green, > >> green to red, > >> red stripy to green stripy > >> green stripy to red stripy > >> ....I think. > > > > Ethernet crossover is pretty much defunct [1]. > > > > These days (> 1998) most Ethernet hardware can sort this out > > automatically (called Auto MDI-X [2]). So unless you are using > > historical hardware, this is a non-issue. Still, for people > > in contact with old hardware, it is a good skill to have :-) > > > > Cheers > > > > [1] > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable#Automatic_crossov > > er [2] > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Dependent_Interface#Auto_MDI-X > > And if you are making a crossover, I wouldn't rely on the colours - > there's multiple correct options for those. And none of the colours is > red :-) > > And as for cutting and joining - you're going to get a pretty awful > cable that way, and unreliable at speed. Better to cut one plug off and > put a new one on, but that requires a plug and crimper. > > But as Tomas says, if either end is remotely recent, it's a non-issue.
I'm pretty sure I know what you're saying, but it would be a little more clear (to me) if you said: if *the electronics* at either end is remotely recent, it's a non-issue.
