On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:15:33 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

"RAM³" on 04 May 2010 00:14:45 GMT typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Wes wrote in
:

pyotr filipivich wrote:

I have a network cable, but apparently one cannot simply plug it
into the two ports on computers and make a simple home network. Now
_that_ is dumb. I'm updating the Sneakernet protocols to work with a
thumb drive. "Windows - it just works."

Pins 1,2,3,6 irc are what the signal goes in and out on. You need a
cross over cable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable .

Actually a hub or multiport repeater would be easiest.

Wes


A "crossover"/"data transfer" cable can be had for relatively little.

"relatively little" depends on whose relative just died. B-)

I got mine at a Wal-Mart but just about any moderately-stocked office

Wally world wants $40 - I said "I'm sure I can find a less
expensive alternative". Sneakernet has served me well over the
decades.
supply or computer outlet should have them.
-
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!
RJ45 plugs are about $0.12 each and Cat5E cable is about $0.06 a
foot.

One end is orange/white orange, green/white blue, blue/white green
Brown/white brown, and the other end has the orange and green pairs
reversed. (one is wired to "A" and the other to "B".

I can buy 8 foot ready made crossovers from my supplier for $8. Same
price as a straight through.