[geeks] fiber ethernet (1000baseSX)

[Kevin]

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Great, that was my assumption but my fiber experience is very
minimal so i wanted to ask first.

Does the same apply to ATM?

Thanks,
/KRM

On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:18:24 -0600
Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> 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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> bill bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> austin, texas
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