<\/p>\nYes, and you don’t even need a crossover cable for the connection on newer switches.<\/p>\n
One important proviso is that this can be only on the default VLAN. If you use a different VLAN, the mode must be trunk rather than access.<\/p>\n
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\r\nC:\\>ipconfig\r\n\r\nFastEthernet0 Connection:(default port)\r\n\r\n Link-local IPv6 Address.........: FE80::260:2FFF:FE26:A3DE\r\n IP Address......................: 192.168.1.2\r\n Subnet Mask.....................: 255.255.255.0\r\n Default Gateway.................: 0.0.0.0\r\n\r\nC:\\>ping 192.168.1.3\r\n\r\nPinging 192.168.1.3 with 32 bytes of data:\r\n\r\nReply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128\r\nReply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128\r\nReply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128\r\nReply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128\r\n\r\nPing statistics for 192.168.1.3:\r\n Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),\r\nApproximate round trip times in milli-seconds:\r\n Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms\r\n\r\nC:\\>tracert 192.168.1.3\r\n\r\nTracing route to 192.168.1.3 over a maximum of 30 hops: \r\n\r\n 1 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 192.168.1.3\r\n\r\nTrace complete.\r\n\r\nC:\\>arp -a\r\n Internet Address Physical Address Type\r\n 192.168.1.3 00d0.9716.72ed dynamic\r\n\r\nC:\\>\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yes, and you don’t even need a crossover cable for the connection on newer switches. One important proviso is that this can be only on the default VLAN. If you use a different VLAN, the mode must be trunk rather…<\/p>\n