[ale] Do I need a patch cable?

[Trey Sizemore]

On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 19:25, Brian Chase wrote:
> Yes, i would recommend you get a four-port switch for only $15 at Office 
> Depot or other local computer discounter.
> 
> You could do a crossover cable straight into Smoothwall from your other 
> PC, but if you ever forgot about it and replaced it with a normal patch 
> cable, you'd be no working again.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> BC
> 


And just so I have my vernacular correct, is the cable I'm using now to
go from my desktop NIC to my Netgear router a patch cable, crossover
cable, ...?

Thanks again.

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Cheers,
Trey
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