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On 12/25/02 21:50, Gerhard Mack wrote: > 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." Or take a two second look holding both RJ45 connectors next to each other connector side up. If the colours are in the same order on both - it's straight through. First and third are swapped - it's a crossover cable. Once you learn this simple trick, you'll never have a problem again - just get used to spending the extra two seconds before using the cable. ~mc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | |||||||||
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