[CUBE] Ethernet card question

[Laurie A Duncan]

On 1/13/04 1:12 AM, "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious at mac.com> typed the following:

> A simple question.
> 
> I can plug my TiBook into a Winbox and the line will be recognized and I can
> mount both disks.
> 
> But plugging the same Ethernet cable into my Cube and it's not even
> recognized as being plugged in. The "Ethernet LED" doesn't come on.
> 
> Does this have something to do with autosensing of crossover cables? In this
> little menage a trois will one modern Ethernet card connect with a straight
> cable to a nonautosensing card? Does my Cube have an autosensing Ethernet
> card? What kind of cable do I need to connect 2 Cubes?

Powerbook is auto sensing. Cube is not. To connect 2 Cubes, you need a
crossover cable.

Laurie
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