[ILUG] Re: Network cable questions

[Aidan Keady]

> | Can anyone confirm this?  Also, is there a name for 
> | this type of cable, or if I go to peats/maplin asking 
> | for cross-over cat 5 cable will they know what I'm 
> | talking about.
> 
> Yes. To attach two NICs directly you need a crossover cable, if you ask 
> somebody who knows what Cat-5 is, they should also be aware of crossovers. 
> OTOH, I tried this at home for a while before I got sick of the machines 
> whinging that I'd unplugged the other machine and I got a dinky little four 
> port hub for about 30 quid from Dabs.

Is there any speed advantage in using a hub and Cat-5 cabling instead of
just hanging the machines off coax?   (Apart from the fact that coax/Thin
Ethernet is only for 10mb/s).   I have three machines networked this way
and it seems the cheapest solution.

ATB,
Aidan.