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Offline FireMedic4Christ

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Crossover cable
« on: December 06, 2012, »
The wiki shows the ether dongle can be hooked directly to the pc. It says a crossover cable may be needed. Is this a standard crossover cable or one that I would need to make up myself?


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Re: Crossover cable
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2012, »
If you are using a newer computer it will convert to it and you can use a regular Cat5 cable. But some older computers cannot switch. therefore you would need a Cat5 Crossover cable that can be picked up or you can make your own.

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Re: Crossover cable
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2012, »
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Re: Crossover cable
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2012, »
Next question regarding the ether dongle. I get one green light and one yellow light. The green one lights when the laptop connects and the yellow one flashes. Does the yellow indicate a connection to the SSHub or does it mean there it not a connection?
 
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If you are using a newer computer it will convert to it and you can use a regular Cat5 cable. But some older computers cannot switch. therefore you would need a Cat5 Crossover cable that can be picked up or you can make your own.

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Re: Crossover cable
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2012, »
This means that it is receiving data through the cable (the computer)

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Re: Crossover cable
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2012, »
If you are getting a yellow light, you have the correct cable.

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