Re: Crossover cable
I think the concept was that the powerability detection scheme would have
to work even if a crossover cable were present. Thus the transmit and
receive pairs would be looped back within the cable itself.
Bob Bell
At 01:48 PM 10/5/99 , Mike_S_McCormack@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>The only reference that I can find to crossover in cabling in the 802.3
>specification is in a sentence that such wiring is beyond the scope of
>802.3.
>
>Should I assume therefore that there is no specification for crossover
>cables?
>
Bob Bell
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