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DateWed, 25 Dec 2002 08:50:09 -0500 (EST)
FromGerhard Mack <>
SubjectRe: OT: Which Gigabit ethernet card?
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, David Lloyd wrote:

> Thank Goodness -- I've worked in places where they INSIST on making
> crossover cables the same length and colour as normal cables. Then you
> go, "huh? samba/the network/the kernel" is not working until someone
> with better eyesight finds the problem.
>
> *death to crossover cables*

That's pretty lame of them but shouldn't the ethernet link light be a good
indicator that it's a cable problem?

fix: Dud cable->trash bin "oops was that a crossover? it wasn't marked as
one."

	Gerhard

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Gerhard Mack

gmack@innerfire.net

<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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