[TriLUG] Re: OT: failed 10/100 switch?

[James Manning]

> [Greg Brown]
> Some switches have a special "crossover" port that is designed to connect to 
> an upstream switch, you might want to check to see that one of the ports in 
> not labled "crossover" or something like it.

in my experience, if you mix up straight and crossover ports/wires
(either, not both obviously :) you don't get a link light (which he
did), but YMMV I guess
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