[ale] Do I need a patch cable?

[Trey Sizemore]

I currently have a Netgear 4-port router to which I connect my machines
to.  CAT5 cable from NIC of each machine straight to router.  I have an
old P200 that I've placed a couple of NICs end and want to use as a
firewall with Smoothwall.

My question is, if I run my CAT5 cable to the Smoothwall box, can I just
use another CAT-5 cable (like the one going into the Netgear router) to
go to the other NIC in the Smootwall box or do I need something like a
patch cable?

Thanks.

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Cheers,
Trey
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Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
-- Henry Fielding 

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