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In response to "Is Kilbo here? No? Drat. I have a tech question" by prayformojo

no kilbo, but you probably could install a second ethernet card in each server and use a crossover cable -- nm

Posted by decline (aka Decline) Feb 17 '11, 08:59

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He's already going over the network. I'd upgrade the network cards to gigabit, and get done CAT6 cables and a gigabit switch to connect them. :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 17, 09:01 7
- true, but the benefit of the xover cable is that you won't bog down the rest of the network during transfer -- nm - decline Feb 17, 09:12 5
  - it's the exact same effect as having them on a switch, and I don't know if a crossover cable can run at gigabit speeds ... -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 09:13 4
    - hmm, nope, this is slightly wrong: It's nearly the same effect. A switch is easier to configure, but a secondary network adapter with a crossover is - Beryllium Feb 17, 09:16 1
      - (A switch creates an isolated electrical circuit between the two hosts, but it ends up sharing the same primary network connection on both machines) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 09:17
    - ... and having a switch would allow you to connect a third device at some point in the future if you needed to quickly move the 50GB file elsewhere -- nm - Beryllium Feb 17, 09:14 1
      - good point. -- nm - decline Feb 17, 09:17
- Done=some -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 17, 09:03
crossover cable at monoprice -- (link) - decline Feb 17, 09:00

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