Re: OT: Which Gigabit ethernet card?

nick
2002-12-23T14:42:19Z

I belive this is incorrect. A traditional ethernet crossover crosses two
pairs, as ethernet & fast ethernet use 2 pairs. Gigabit ethernet uses all
4 pairs, and would need all 4 pairs crossed I assume.
Nick

On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:

> yes, but be careful, as cat 5e is pretty tough when it comes to the
> connector specs
>
> roy
>
> On Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 06:28 PM, Sampson Fung wrote:
>
> > Can I just use a standard Cross Over UTP cable to link up two Intel
> > Gigabit card, just like Fast Ethernet does?
> >
> > Sampson Fung
> > sampson@attglobal.net
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
> > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Jurgen Kramer
> > Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 8:43 PM
> > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: OT: Which Gigabit ethernet card?
> >
> >
> > Thanks! I am going to try the Intel card.
> >
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