Ethernet

[longbeard]

Has anyone tested this? Does the iBook automatically inverts the TX and RX for the Ethernet connection?

http://www.macworld.com/2004/08/secrets/septembermobilemac/index.php


RJ-45 (Ethernet) and crossover cables. Most PowerBooks support Ethernet, which provides a great way to share files with someone else quickly. Bring both cables if you have a PowerBook G3 or earlier; users of iBooks and PowerBook G4s with two USB ports need only a regular (or "straight&quot Ethernet cable, because those machines will automatically sense whether they are connected to another machine or to a hub.

[Henjie]

Originally posted by longbeard
Has anyone tested this? Does the iBook automatically inverts the TX and RX for the Ethernet connection?

http://www.macworld.com/2004/08/secrets/septembermobilemac/index.php


RJ-45 (Ethernet) and crossover cables. Most PowerBooks support Ethernet, which provides a great way to share files with someone else quickly. Bring both cables if you have a PowerBook G3 or earlier; users of iBooks and PowerBook G4s with two USB ports need only a regular (or "straight&quot Ethernet cable, because those machines will automatically sense whether they are connected to another machine or to a hub.

Yup. Crossover cables not required for iBooks, as well as most (if not all) post-Sawtooth Macs. Straight or crossover, both will work.


~Henjie

[McArenas]

Originally posted by longbeard
Has anyone tested this? Does the iBook automatically inverts the TX and RX for the Ethernet connection?

http://www.macworld.com/2004/08/secrets/septembermobilemac/index.php


RJ-45 (Ethernet) and crossover cables. Most PowerBooks support Ethernet, which provides a great way to share files with someone else quickly. Bring both cables if you have a PowerBook G3 or earlier; users of iBooks and PowerBook G4s with two USB ports need only a regular (or "straight&quot Ethernet cable, because those machines will automatically sense whether they are connected to another machine or to a hub.

Yes Benny! I even tried to use a straight cable to connect my Powerbook to a PeeCee running WinXPee. Sweet, very sweet.