I have reason to believe that it is because some folks home made their
crossover cables and were therefore inherently unreliable, or built with
false assumptions on the correct pin outs.

Our cable is factory built.

Tracy Johnson
Business Analyst
Measurement Specialties, Inc.
1000 Lucas Way
Hampton, VA 23666
Office 1-757-766-4318
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www.meas-spec.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Craig Lalley
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:26 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] JINETD and Other NICs
> 
> --- On Tue, 9/23/08, James Hofmeister 
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> We always recommended against cross over cables.
> 
> Watch your link statistics and if you see problems, be 
> prepared to install a
> switch between those 2 system's.
> 
> ********************************************************
> 
> James,
> 
> I have heard this recommendation several times, but I have 
> never heard a reason why.
> 
> I have installed cross over cables in specific situations, 
> usually when shadowing with netbase to an HP3000 or SQL data 
> warehouse.
> 
> I have yet have any issues, (issues defined as problems seen 
> in LINKCONTROL @,a).
> 
> Why is it that HP recommends putting a switch in the middle?
> 
> -Craig
> 
> 
> 
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