Morgan Wajda-Levie on Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:33:02 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] Off topic hardware question


On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 04:18:12PM -0400, Howard Helbein wrote:
> > I'm getting my uncle's old 486 to add to my current two computer
> > network.  This means that I'll be buying a hub, and my 50' crossover
> > cable will become useless.  Is there any way to uncross these cables
> > without going out and buying another fifty foot cable, or am I stuck?
> 
> Assuming the hub you get will have one MDI-X port, just plug it into
> this crossover port used to conenct hubs.

Is that a standard hub feature, or will I have to pay a bit more?  I'm
currently working on a somewhat tight budget. :)

But anyway, I have another crossover cable lying around that I was
going to convert so I can plug my printer into the network.

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