On Fri, 28 May 2004, Chad Perrin wrote:
> Eben King wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 May 2004, Eric Jahn wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Fri May 28 2004 2:13 pm, Backward Thinker wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>If you're in a pinch you can DIY: switch pins 1/3 and 2/6 on one
> >>>end of your straight patch cable... but personally I wouldn't
> >>>bother unless you can't find any crossover or they want like twice
> >>>as much $ :).
> >
> >
> >>Thanks, I think I'll try that. This is rhetorical question, but why can't
> >>there be just one type of cable for both patch and crossover? It still just
> >>uses IP over Ethernet...
> >
> >
> > straight:serial cable::crossover:serial cable plus null-modem adapter
> >
> > They're inherently different.
>
> I'm pretty sure he's using CAT-5 UTP rather than serial for this.
Sure, but ":" = "is to" and "::" = "as". I figured an analogy to
something more familiar might be enlightening.
-- -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar SAGITTARIUS: All your friends are laughing behind your back... kill them. Take down all those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine you've got hanging in your den. -- Weird Al, _Your Horoscope for Today_----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 19:13:30 EDT