Being Mr. Tech Guy
June 29th, 2007, at 12:58 PM
In college, I had a job creating ethernet patch cables. Basically, I took bulk Cat 5 cables and attached RJ45 connectors to them, in whatever size necessary.
Based on that experience, I volunteered to connect the lan in our new office, thus saving us money on not hiring someone else to do what I could very well do myself.
So yeah. Anybody know how to tell if I’ve got Crossed or Straight cables? Anybody?
June 29th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
When you hold both ends and are looking down at them the colors should be the same. A crossover cable will switch two of the wires from one end to the other. A crossover cable would be used for linking two hubs when one did not have a port specific for uplinking. A crossover cable could also be used to connect two computers without networking equipment between them (aside from the ethernet cards).
Need the actually standard colors et al?
June 29th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I can’t hold both ends at once. I’m just seting up the hub end. But what you’re saying is I might have some trial and error.
I’m using this guide: http://www.zytrax.com/tech/layer_1/cables/tech_lan.htm
June 29th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
Crossed cables wax more frequently, and tend to shop in better stores than straight cables.
July 2nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
So funny,annon!