On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 12:51:26PM -0400, David VanHorn wrote:
> Is there any reason I can't couple two ethernet devices directly to
> each other, and eliminate two sets of (seemingly) pointless magnetics?

One way is to connect the two MII ports back-to-back, if one of the MACs
supports going into 'Reverse MII' mode (so it appears as a PHY interface).

Take care,
-Chris

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