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  From: Phil Sanchez <psanchez@senet.com.au>
  To  : Sam Silvester <silvest@capri.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 19:41:16 +1030 (CST)

Re: DEC DE201 network cards (is anyone familar with them?)

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Sam Silvester wrote:

> > the thing won't talk to my ne2000 compatable combo card in another
> > machine. i've got them connected via a cross over cable (which works).
> 
> Just a quick question...
>     I have a 100BaseT network card in my laptop which I would like to connect
> up to my desktop computer. I have heard of these cross over cables but have
> been unable to find any information on them.
>     Do you know where I can get them, or what the pinouts are so I can make
> one?
> Thanks.
> Sam.
> 

I recently made one of these to connect two machines together. A searh of
the networking newsgroups on dejanews should find many references to this
but I can't find what I initially used. From the look of the cable, the
changes are 1 gets swapped with 3, and 2 gets swapped with 6 on one end of
the cable. 1 & 2 and 3 & 6 should both be pairs.


Hope this helps,


Phil

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