Thanks to all for your amazingly fast responses. I'll get a crossover cable then and sort out the routing (using a bridge) Stephan On 9/15/05, Henrik Nordstrom <hno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Stephan Wehner wrote: > > > Does using a bridge as you suggest still require a cross-over cable?? > > Yes. > > cross-over cable is required if you want to connect directly PC<->PC > without a hub or switch inbetween. (also needed to connect a hub/switch > directly to another hub/switch). Making the PC logically act as a bridge > does not change this picture. > > Note: The bridge I mentioned is internal to the Linux kernel, allowing the > Linux box to act as a bridge between two (or more) network cards. I was > not referring to using an external bridge box. > > Regards > Henrik > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
