In article oIXaf.2787$vC6.1314@trnddc05, James Sweet wrote:

Is that card only 10bt? Most anything made within the last few years is
10/100 which does use all pairs, and you have to use the right signals
on each pair for it to work.

100 base T and 1000 base T use the same wires. (1,2,3,6). Most modern
ethernet transcievers (2 years old or less) don't care if about the wiring
of the pair or if the pairs are reversed.

If you are connecting up to a modern hub such as a WiFi router with
a built in 4 port hub, then it will probably work as long as you get the
correct wires and keep the correct pairs (1,2 or 2,1) and (3,6 or 6,3)
no matter which set you connect to the other end.

I have an ethernet port next to my kitchen table so that if I have to
work on a computer, I can just plug it in. Since my hub is 10/100 autosensing
of direction and speed, I just keep a reversal cable nearby. That way
I can use the same cable to connect to the hub, or computer-computer
with older computers.

Geoff.

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