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You only get Link-Local addresses by default The same thing happens with two machines connected via an Ethernet cable, which appears to be what this USB4 netwo
by userbinator 1y ago
You only get Link-Local addresses by default
The same thing happens with two machines connected via an Ethernet cable, which appears to be what this USB4 network feature does - an Ethernet NIC to software, but with different lower layer protocols.
- dwattttt 1y agoCrossover cables, get'cher crossover cables here!
- deathanatos 1y agoAIUI, most NICs these days do what is called "auto-crossover"; i.e., they'll detect the situation and just do the "crossover" in the NIC itself. A normal cable works.
- fodkodrasz 1y agoYes, the name is Auto MDI-X and is standard since on-board 1Gbps Ethernet NICs became the norm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface#Automatic_MDI-X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent_interface#Aut...