Can anyone help please?
I want to run some 10/100 Ethernet with a rack between 8 or so boards including 1 switch device. The output from the Ethernet devices on each of the boards is basically an MDI i.e. after the PHYs. I don't want to include magnetics due to the space requirements and no need to run any distance. It's possible to connect PHYs together but how exactly is it done. Can they simply be connected directly or is capacitative coupling required?
TIA.
Roger.