Re: [WinMac] Peer to Peer with Crossover Cable?

From: Hal Taylor (haltaylor[at]mac.com)
Date: Wed May 17 2000 - 09:48:44 PDT

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    Actually, if you're really planning on connecting ONLY 2 machines
    (regardless of their platform), a hub has no advantage over a crossover
    cable.

    Hal

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    >From: Tom Roth <tomroth@wfubmc.edu>
    >To: winmac@lists.best.com
    >Subject: Re: [WinMac] Peer to Peer with Crossover Cable?
    >Date: Wed, May 17, 2000, 5:51 AM
    >

    >
    >
    >> dhaslehurst@home.com wrote:
    >>
    >> I know it is very easy to network two Macs for file sharing using a
    >> crossover cable. Can this be done with two PCs in the same way?
    >
    > I don't know why not though I've not done it myself with two PCs. I
    > have used a simple, dumb hub to connect two Macs together and on another
    > occasion, connected a Mac and a PC together using the same hub.
    >
    >> What would be the cheapest and easiest way to set up file sharing
    >> between two PCs?
    >
    > If you're going to do it a lot I'd get a simple, dumb hub. They can be
    > had for next to nothing. A crossover cable would probably be the least
    > inexpensive option and for a one-time use perhaps the most economical.
    >
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