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From: ersys!wmah@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Wayne Mah)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Two machine ethernet?
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Date: 7 Apr 91 00:10:20 GMT
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Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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faunt@CISCO.COM (Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) writes:

> Yes. It's speced that way. It works.
> 
>    Date:         Fri, 05 Apr 91 13:35:03 EST
>    From: SSJACK%ECUVM1.BITNET@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu
> 
> 
>    Out of curiosity, I have a question regarding 10BASET wiring:
> 
>    Can two PC's with 10BASET cards be wired back to back using a single
>    twisted pair wire (RJ45s) with the transmit and receive pairs swapped
>    via a crossover block -- effectively producing a two machine ethernet?
> 
>    ======================================================================
>    Jack E. McCoy                                     SSJACK@ECUVM1.BITNET
>    Systems Programmer                                 (919) 757 - 6401
>    East Carolina University                          Greenville, NC 27858
>    ======================================================================

I have successly done what you propose.  I have the WD EtherCard Plus
10BaseT card that shows a successful connection by lighting its link
light.

Wayne Mah             ersys!wmah@nro.cs.athabascau.ca
Edmonton Remote Systems:  Serving Northern Alberta since 1982