Re: [Freeipmi-devel] Re: BMC/ARP investigation update

[Jim Garlick]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Albert Chu wrote:

> > Effects of a cross-over cable or a Ethernet hub are the same. Packets
> > reach every port blindly (no switching).
>
> Do you mean not the same??  I have used a laptop back-to-back to power
> control halted nodes on thunder.

The same in that they both work, whereas a switch doesn't, right?
(Not suprising that a hub and a cable would work the same since
the hub retransmits everything)

Jim