Why do we use a cross over cable and not a straight cable for the private
n/w of a cluster? What is the difference between the 2 ?

NIC cards and Network switch/hub ports are reverse to each other. To
connect two NICs you have to reverse the wire since the port is not
reversed.

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"Hassan" <fatima_ja (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote