Re: NIC to NIC connection

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 11:02:31AM -0600, Scott Marlowe scratched on the wall:
> This is more a networking issue than a PostgreSQL one.  What you'll like
> want to do is to set up a nic in each box and use a "rolled" cable
> directly between them

  Actually, you want a "cross-over" cable, not a "roll" cable.  There is
  a difference.

  With many newer, high quality NICs, you don't even need that.  Many
  modern NICs do auto MDI/MDI-X detection, so any standard cable will do.


   -j

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