[Gllug] Ethernet crossover wiring

[Russell Howe]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 04:02:12PM +0000, John Winters wrote:
> 
> The result of making the standard lead in this form is that the
> appliances at each end of the lead have to be wired differently to make
> things work.  Thus NICs have a different interface from hubs and
> switches

For the record, IIRC the two interfaces are called MDI and MDIX.

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