[geeks] fiber ethernet (1000baseSX)

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 09:39:39PM -0500, Kevin wrote:
> This may be a silly question, but i figured someone here might
> know.
> If i wish to connect two fiber gigabit Ethernet NICs together,
> can i just plug one cable into the other or is it mandatory to
> use a switch?  In other words, i want to do with fiber
> 1000baseSX NICs what you would do with 100baseT NICs and a
> crossover cable? Is this possible?
> I'd like to test out some things and my switch wont be here
> for another week or so.

You can - you just need to "flip" the cable ends (put TX into RX, RX into
TX).  I've done this with two Blade 1000s with gigabit fiber cards.

Bill

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