4 port cards

[Mark Whitis]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Tim Dixon wrote:

> We've also had some media autoconfiguration problems, but only when we've
> used crossover cables direct to other 10/100 devices, so I suspect we have
> only got ourselves to blame there....

Use of crossover cables is common with 4 port cards since one of their
uses is a firewall which replaces a hub or switch.  But the
autoconfiguration protocol may not have been designed to work in
a computer to computer environment.  It doesn't always work in a
computer to hub/switch environment.


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