[CUBE] Ethernet card question

[Gnarlodious]

Entity Keith Fox spoke thus:

>>> 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.

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

Huh?