From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Wed Jan 21 2004 - 19:50:07 PST
On Jan 21, 2004, at 7:37 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> on 21/01/04 21:49, Martin Joseph at martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com wrote:
>>
>> Clearly there is some hardware/autosensing issue with some mac
>> hardware
>> in this crossover cable case.
>>
> That's probably because auto-sensing Ethernet ports were introduced
> after
> the Blue & White. My PowerBook Pismo, which was introduced after the
> Blue &
> White doesn't have an auto-sensing Ethernet port, so I have to use a
> hub.
>
No it's not that. I was using a crossover cable so it didn't need to
sense anything in that regard. Just the connection presence and speed.
Still it didn't connect unless a hub or switch was in the middle of the
two.
Marty
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