Re: tlug: Linux telecom nexus

[Manuel Chakravarty <chak@example.com>]

> >> Why not just use 10-base T?
> 
> > because you need a hub for 10-base T.  Or a special cable, which is
> > probably about as much money.
> 
> You can make the cable in a couple of minutes:
>     1-1; 2x4; 3x6; 4-2; 5-5; 6x3; 7-7; 8-8
> 
> But I would still agree with Scott if you wanted to connect anything
> else, since the X-cable can only join two devices.

A null-10BaseT cable (for connecting two Ethernet adapters
without a hub) is not too expensive -- similar price as
standard twisted pair.  I use one to connect my NotePC with
my wife's NotePC.  Both machines have an Ethernet PCMCIA
card, because we sometimes use them in the LAN of
Tsukuba-Dai.  To copy installations etc from one machine to
the other, the 10BaseT connection is great.

Manuel

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