Thread: New install - ethernet cable too short?
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Old 27-09-2004, 13:22   #10
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Re: New install - ethernet cable too short?
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Originally Posted by KevAmiga
Really?

I didnt think the modems (the ambit 100/120/200 series) could use xover cables.

Infact, im pretty sure they cant. Anyone else like to clarify?
Robin can...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.../ethernet.html

Auto-MDIX
An Auto-MDIX ethernet socket automatically senses what sort of cable it has connected to it, and switches into the correct mode to work with the other end of the link. Some modern PC ethernet cards are Auto-MDIX. Some modern cable modems have Auto-MDIX ethernet sockets. If either end of a link is Auto-MDIX, then the link will work with either a straight-through or a cross-over cable. The following cable modems are known to have Auto-MDIX ethernet sockets:

ntl:home 100/120 (Ambit).
Note that Auto-MDIX sensing is different from speed and duplex settings: Auto-MDIX is just about the wiring configuration, speed auto-sensing and duplex auto-negotiation is about the signal on the wires.
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