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crossover between router and modem?
Posted by aaron.kempf@gmail.com on January 4th, 2006


hey do i need to put a crossover cable in between my cable modem and my
router

my roommate keeps on doing it; it kinda pisses me off

i mean-- is it faster with a crossover?

it'll either work or not; and if it works without a crossover id'
rather keep it as a non-crossover

i guess im in over my head lol

Posted by CJT on January 4th, 2006


aaron.kempf@gmail.com wrote:


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Posted by dbahooker@hotmail.com on January 4th, 2006


awesome! thanks

how can i tell if there is a performance or latency difference?
i know that he thinks that there is; of course.. he also thinks that
having 3 switches is better than 2; and that me leaving machines on; on
a switch that isn't on his critical path slows down his network speed

i mean.. for real

how can i detect these things? measure latency to the microsecond or
something like that?

can i just call GeekSquad?

Posted by CJT on January 4th, 2006


dbahooker@hotmail.com wrote:
massive investment.

Put ping can give you some information.

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Posted by Yousuf Khan on January 5th, 2006


dbahooker@hotmail.com wrote:
You're not going to be able get into that level of measurement. Just try
some broadband speed measurements and average them out.

http://performance.toast.net/

I don't think there will be any significant difference, a cable is a
cable, it's the same wires whether it's straight-thru or cross-over.

Yousuf Khan

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Posted by dbahooker@hotmail.com on January 6th, 2006


thanks!

I just hate how he changes things just for the heck of it lol


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