Possible Duplicate:
direct ethernet connection between two wirelessly connected Windows 7 laptops
Is is possible to connect two computers without a crossover Cat 5e cable?
Asked
Active
Viewed 1.8k times
4
-
1see if [this answer](http://superuser.com/questions/15367/how-do-i-wire-a-crossover-cable-to-connect-two-devices-together/15373#15373) or [this one](http://superuser.com/questions/5179/should-i-use-a-network-hub-or-network-switch/5192#5192) answers your question... – quack quixote Jun 08 '10 at 13:36
3 Answers
7
Some computers have autosensing capability and would switch the orientation themselves. But most computers wont do it, sorry.
Posipiet
- 449
- 3
- 3
-
5this is called [Auto-MDIX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-MDIX). – quack quixote Jun 08 '10 at 13:40
-
Lots of useful info in quack's link - i.e. its only in the Gigabit standard and if you connect 2 together you will get a switching loop. You may want to expand your answer. – Shevek Jun 08 '10 at 13:45
-
if it is HP only tech probably most ethernet cards do not have it. thanks for the link. – şaloma Jun 08 '10 at 13:58
-
If both computers are reasonable modern Macs (last three years or so) this will work out of the box with a normal cable. – Hay Nov 07 '10 at 17:05
2
If it's a modern computer (w/Gigabit), then it will work just fine. Otherwise, probably not. Older switches/hubs sometimes had autodetect for cable type, but NICs typically did not (I can't think of any that did right now).
Brian Knoblauch
- 4,743
- 12
- 43
- 60
-
as i tried out between gigabit and megabit ethernet machines **non** crossover cable just works fine! wow, how come no one explicitly told this?! – şaloma Jun 24 '10 at 22:27
1
It will work if you are connecting two computers from straight cat 5 and one computer must have Linux OS e.g. Ubuntu.
I've tried this before and it was successful
- Windows to Windows will not work
I tried
- Ubuntu to Windows Vista and it was successful!
not on any other Linux or Windows.
