<WeeJockMacFeegle@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142592346.860152.122920@z34g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> I've been investigating a problem recently where we were experiencing
> intermittent packet loss and errors on the switch to a particular
> server.
>
> In the end we traced the problem to the fact that the server had been
> connected to the switch using a crossover cable.
>
> In my view this shouldn't have worked at all, but it did, albeit at a
> reduced rate and with significant errors.
>
> Can anyone explain why this would actually work? Was the switch or NIC
> compensating in some way for the cable being incorrect?

Many, if not most, new GB NIC's and switches supports "Auto MDI/MDX"
and will support both stright and twisted cables.

/HC