I got no internet cable connection at home, but presently using two
machines both with w xp
i would like to connect them by some cable and 'train' this
connection in my game prototypes (in c/win32)
maybe winsock or maybe something easier (I would like to
train some simple form of communication then later
change it to real internet connection)
what could i use, (as to knowledge i only know winsockets
slightly, but previously got no companion to set a remote
connection and focus on this)
If you don't want to use the crossover cable, you can get a router or a switch and two ethernet cables.
If your devices have gigabit ethernet they should auto-switch, thus eliminating the need for a crossover cable.If you don't want to use the crossover cable, you can get a router or a switch and two ethernet cables.
If your devices have gigabit ethernet they should auto-switch, thus eliminating the need for a crossover cable.If you don't want to use the crossover cable, you can get a router or a switch and two ethernet cables.
This is what I get for learning these things in the 90s and not keeping up. :)
If your devices have gigabit ethernet they should auto-switch, thus eliminating the need for a crossover cable.If you don't want to use the crossover cable, you can get a router or a switch and two ethernet cables.
partially correct, auto-mdix isn't part of the gig standard however like 99% of gig devices do support it, not a guarantee though.
partially correct, auto-mdix isn't part of the gig standard however like 99% of gig devices do support it, not a guarantee though.
Thus my use of the word "should".
In practice, it's very hard to find a piece of gigabit hardware these days that does not support auto-mdix, and various manufacturers (for example, Apple) have supported it since they first deployed gigabit.
