I need to make a crossover cable, help.

[BarneyGumble]

I need to make a crossover cable without switching the pins. I've seen my friend do it, he found the info on the internet and i cannot find it again. There is a way to just cut the cable in half and twist the wires together to create a crossover cable. Anyone have a link to this information or can tell me what colors to connect together? Thanks.

[moetop]

I wouldent want to use a crossover cable that was hacked in the middle and then twisted together. But if you want to possibly damage something, it's the green and orange pairs that are transferring traffic (on 100 and 10 Mb) Heres a good picture (at the bottom) (http://www.incentre.net/incentre/frame/ethernet.html)

Looks like you take the solids and connect them.. Orange to green . Orange-stripe to Green-Stripe .

Good luck. and possibly good riddens to some hardware. I would investigate a crossover plug. I carry one in my kit.. It basicaly go's on the end of a cable and turns it into a crossover.

If you need a gig crossover, the stripes and solids get switched on the Brown and blue pairs.. Heres (http://www.pccables.com/02303.htm) a crossover diagram for gig. That's nice and confusing..

[Fint]

just cut the cable in half and twist the wires together

Hello crossover & CRC errors; goodbye speed & reliablity!

[BarneyGumble]

Thanks smartass.

[Shadowspawn]

Thanks smartass.


You know, what he said is very true. What you said wasn't called for. You are asking for trouble by cutting the cable and twisting wires together. CAT5 is created a certain way. There is a reason the wires are sealed and the pairs twisted like they are. Doing what you propose is going to introduce errors into the data. If something is worth doing, its worth doing right. Go pick yourself up some RJ45's and a crimper, or get the adapter moetop referred to and do it right.

While you are doing that, clean up your attitude or don't ask for help.


Damn, Iraq is getting to me, that or I'm just getting older. Some sex would help too...

[YeOldeStonecat]

Hello crossover & CRC errors; goodbye speed & reliablity!

It's not like splicing x-mas tree lights or wires for internal LEDs in the kid XBox.
:p

[TECHKnight]

I need to make a crossover cable without switching the pins. I've seen my friend do it, he found the info on the internet and i cannot find it again. There is a way to just cut the cable in half and twist the wires together to create a crossover cable. Anyone have a link to this information or can tell me what colors to connect together? Thanks.

remind me to never let this guy or his friend anywhere near my networks. You might want to look up some information on CAT5 standars to understand why everyone is advising against this.