Hub

[tomkat]

I'm running Windows SE Internet Sharing with one other PC. I use a Netgear T10 hub. A friend told me that for just 2 PCs I don't need a hub. He told there is an adapter that takes the place of my hub. It essentially revereses the transmit and recieve lines on my cat5 cable. Is there such an animal as this adapter connecter and if there is, where could a person get one. Thanks for all your help...TK http://discussions.virtualdr.com/smile.gif

[MarkhP]

What your friend probably means is that you want to get a 'crossover' cable. This does as you describe and allows two devices to talk to each other with a hub between.

[Pakrat]

MarkhP you mis-typed. Crossover cable allows it so 2 devices can connect WITHOUT a hub.
I don't know if there is a 'device' that does the same thing, just get a crossover cable.

Bonus: If you have 10/100 cards and a crossover cable you'll run at 100mb/full duplex, vs the 10mb/half duplex on a cheap hub.