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Re: Connecting Win 95 to Linux using ethernet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Harald Milz)
Tue Sep 17 14:38:05 1996
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:01:00 +0200
From: hm@seneca.muc.de (Harald Milz)
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Andrew R. Baker (andrewb@uab.edu) wrote:
>
> >From your wording it sounds like you are just connecting these two
> machines via the ethernet cards without an intervening hub.
> If this is the case you MUST use a null ethernet cable. A null cable
> swaps the transmit receive pairs between the two cards. This is a
> function normally handled by the hub.
Or use the 10base2 connectors. Works just fine.
--
Harald Milz (hm@seneca.muc.de)
Your lucky number has been disconnected.
