[luau] DSL cable type

[Erich S.]

Hiya,

If it's the same as the one I had, the cable that came with the DSL modem
is a crossover cable. I've got a much older DSL modem though so YMMV.

Hope that helps,
	Sharky

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Roderick Gammon wrote:

> What type of cable goes from the dsl modem to the ethernet port?
> 
> An unmarked cable came with the modem (from verizon, a fujitsu speedport)
> and this works.  Looks light a thinner cable with ethernet jacks on each
> end.
> 
> Last weekend while rearranging hardware I tried using a cat5e ethernet cable
> (stamped on cable, by belkin).  It didn't work.  No lights on ethernet card,
> no nothing.
> 
> Switch cables from cat53 to whatever came with modem and, voila!,
> connection.
> 
> What kind of cable could this be? (Other than 'magic').
> 
> Note- the cat5e cable works between same computer and a hub.
> 
> Thanks-
> rg
> 
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