[CUBE] Ethernet card question

[Keith Fox]

on 1/12/04 10:22 PM, Laurie A Duncan at laurie at cubeowner.com wrote:

> 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




from my experience....you should always use a crossover cable or boot one up
in firewire disk mode...