On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:01:28PM -0700, Brian Howell wrote: > i had a basic networking question to ask.do i need a > switch to connect between two computers? > suppose there is A and B and B is a gateway to another > subnet.do i need a switch between A and B?i am asking > coz i am not getting any lights when i connect the > cable out of A's ethernet to B's ethernet.i though > you could just give the output of A to B if u wanted > to route all packets of A through B.kinda seems weird > to me.i tried switching ethernet cards too. > plz cc to me as i am not subscribed.
You need on of a hub, a switch, or a cross over cable. (There is a hack used by some Macs to make this work, but it's not standard.) -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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