Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

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Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby wmgeorge » Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:44 pm

OK I am installing the above controller on a Mach4 existing system that resides on a Intel NUC. I have the driver for the Plug in now installed and Mach4 sees it, yes I have it configured in the Network settings in Windows 10 Pro. It says not connected, I am using a standard CAT5 cable so I have ordered a Cross Over cable. Is the cross over cable Aways needed?

In the past I have used a Warp9 ESS and another UC400 but I can't remember if I did or not??
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby dezsoe » Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:22 pm

I can't remember the last time I used a cross cable. The PCs and network cards made in the last min. 15 years can all switch to cross mode when needed.
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby wmgeorge » Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:20 pm

Really? I just got the Crossover cable today from Amazon and the UC400ETH connected right up. My Intel NUC is perhaps 4 years old.
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby wmgeorge » Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:06 pm

So no Edit and I wanted to add I found my order for the one I did in 2017 and it was with a old Lenovo laptop and it used a cross over also.
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby ger21 » Tue Jan 31, 2023 1:42 pm

wmgeorge wrote:Really? I just got the Crossover cable today from Amazon and the UC400ETH connected right up. My Intel NUC is perhaps 4 years old.


You can still use a crossover cable, but you don't need to. Works with either type of cable.
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby wmgeorge » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:00 pm

ger21 wrote:
wmgeorge wrote:Really? I just got the Crossover cable today from Amazon and the UC400ETH connected right up. My Intel NUC is perhaps 4 years old.


You can still use a crossover cable, but you don't need to. Works with either type of cable.


Ger, It would not connect with a standard cable... it does now.
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby dezsoe » Fri Feb 03, 2023 3:08 pm

What is the exact type of your Intel NUC? There are many of them. I checked some for spec, but there was no mention about auto MDI-X, so it can or cannot do it.
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby wmgeorge » Sun Feb 05, 2023 2:35 pm

I changed nothing on the connection side, same IP setup, installed the crossover cable bingo it connects. What would that tell you? The last UC400ETH I used was in 2017 and it was to an older Lenovo laptop, same thing.
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Re: Ethernet CAT Crossover Cable & UC400ETH

Postby dezsoe » Mon Feb 20, 2023 9:26 am

I'm happy to read that it solved the problem. It seems like cost saving brings back the old days... I was sure that I'll never have to buy a cross cable again, but as I read you're not the only one.
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