[Gllug] Ethernet crossover wiring

[Matthew King]

Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> writes:

> Dylan writes:
>
>>Question is, if I put a socket in each room, can I configure the wiring 
>>between them to act as a crossover? It this likely to be stable, or 
>>should I tell him to shell out for a cheap hub?
>
> Yes, it'll work. Yes, it'll be stable. Yes, it's false economy. You're
> throwing away future expandability (and probably paying more for your
> crossover cables anyway), when an 8 port switch can be had for a tenner.

Indeed, and should you happen to be in the vague vicinity of Heathrow,
our place has a number of up to 24-port switches and hubs just waiting
to chuck on ebay to which Dylan, or indeed anybody else, is welcome.

Matthew

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