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<p id="reply-intro">On 2020-03-05 12:57, Drew Einhorn wrote:</p>
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<div dir="ltr">It's been even longer since I crimped a crossover cable. Because back in the day I bought some adapters with male and female rj45 you can put on the end of any ethernet cable and use it as a crossover. Everybody should try a garden variety cable first and if it doesn't work they know what to google.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">One fun one that I had to crimp only a few years ago was a loopback cable:<br />1 <---> 2</div>
<div dir="ltr">3 <---> 5</div>
<div dir="ltr">But *to itself*. Basically, the RJ-45 and two wires going between those four pinouts. Why? Because there was something wonky about the machine, and if it didn't see a link, various stuff wouldn't happen, *even though we didn't care about the port or want it active*. So we had the port give link to itself. Worked like a charm. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">(Hmmm. Old memories are coming back -- it might have had to do with a licensing daemon. Though I'm not sure.)</div>
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<div dir="ltr">-Ken</div>
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