A crossover cable is a type of Ethernet cable used to connect two devices directly to each other without the use of a switch or hub. This type of cable is different from a standard Ethernet cable ...

Gigabit ethernet should work fine on regular cat5. But a regular crossover cable won't work with gigabit ethernet, due to gigabit ethernet using a different pin-out, and using all 8 wires.

A typical Ethernet cable has four pairs of wires, which we refer to as 1, 2, 3, and 6. In a crossover cable, wires 1 and 2 are swapped with wires 3 and 6. So, when a computer sends data through wire 1 ...

A network card may have several types of connectors, with the most common being an RJ45 connector and a BNC connector (coaxial cable). In this article, we talk about the RJ45 ethernet crossover cable, ...

However, you cannot use a regular Ethernet cable -- called a straight-through or a patch cable -- to accomplish this. Instead, you need a Category 5, or CAT 5, or later crossover cable, available ...

We all know Ethernet has the crossover cable, cars have jumper cables, and RS232 has the null modem. Well, it is about time our wall sockets get their own crossover cable.

Types of cable wiring For some, differentiating straight-through, crossover, and rollover wiring of cables could be quite challenging. These terms are referring to the way the cables are wired (which ...