<short answer>
YES
<long answer>
You need to have a cross over cable when you connect
two machines together using 10base-T networking. The
reason being is that 10baseT cabling requires two
pairs of twisted wire. An RX (receive) pair and a TX
(transmit) pair. The pairing is:
Pins 1 & 2 are the RX pair with 1=(+) and 2=(-)
Pins 3 & 6 are the TX pair with 3=(+) and 6=(-)
So this means that the RX pair on one connector that
goes to pins 1 & 2 must go to the TX pair on the other
connector (pins 3 & 6).
This is your standard cross-over configuration.
Basically, the transmit goes to the receive...
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Walter Remson <w.remson@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I was wondering how others that use a ethernet card
> and the cable that goes
> with card make the connection to their MAC? I do not
> use HUB and was
> wondering if I need a crossover cable between the
> cable from the card and
> the MAC?
>
> regards
> Walter Remson
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