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<p id="reply-intro">On 2020-03-05 12:03, Drew Einhorn wrote:</p>
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<div dir="auto">Just in case someone finds this thread in the future.
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<div dir="auto">Depending on the vintage of the computer and external drive you may need a crossover cable instead of a normal patch cable</div>
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<div dir="auto">I considered mentioning that, but you'd need BOTH sides to not support auto-MDIX for that to be a concern, and in this day and age, that's awfully unlikely. Figured I didn't need to muddy the waters. It's probably been over a decade since I had to crimp a crossover cable...</div>
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<div dir="auto">-K</div>
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