Help with cross-over cable connection

[Brian McKee]

On Sat, 2009-05-23 at 12:51 -0400, pkaplan1 wrote:

> I guess that makes sense, but at least part of my question was in trying to 
> learn how to connect using a cross-over cable.

Same way you do with a regular cable.  Many modern ethernet cards with
go into 'cross over' mode automatically if required.

If you are trying to ask how you make a connection without a DHCP server
present on the LAN, then the answer is use avahi, or manually assign ip
addresses on the same lan.

Brian

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