Crossover or Patch Cable ?

cwolf78

cwolf78

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I am installing a CAT5 wall jack that will be fed from my router... what type of network cable do I need to use between the router and the jack ?
Thanks !
 
a patch, or straight-through cable. they are used to connect unlike devices, ie computer > router. a crossover is used to connect like devices, ie router > router, switch > switch.
 
Doesn't matter, all ethernet ports are auto-sensing now. (but patch cable would be the correct answer)
 
jvlazzar said:
a patch, or straight-through cable. they are used to connect unlike devices, ie computer > router. a crossover is used to connect like devices, ie router > router, switch > switch.
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Technically.. computer to router you need a crossover. But I know you are talking about a switchport on a router w/ builtin switch.
 
Without knowing what's on the other end of this wall jack.....it's impossible to answer this. "Probably" a straight cable...but again..without knowing...I mean, someone could have done something screwy on the other end...we're all probably "assuming" that it does to a standard patch panel, and/or switch....but without knowing....it's all just a guessing game.

Combined with most newer hardware is all auto direction sensing...just plug it in until you get link lights. :p
 
YeOldeStonecat said:
Without knowing what's on the other end of this wall jack.....it's impossible to answer this. "Probably" a straight cable...but again..without knowing...I mean, someone could have done something screwy on the other end...we're all probably "assuming" that it does to a standard patch panel, and/or switch....but without knowing....it's all just a guessing game.

Combined with most newer hardware is all auto direction sensing...just plug it in until you get link lights. :p
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Or, your wiring contractor may have hired sub-par wiring monkeys who wired half your jacks as 568b and punched them to the wall panel in a random spread of 568a, 568b, or just plain... "whichever color i grabbed first"

:mad: :mad:
 
YeOldeStonecat said:
Without knowing what's on the other end of this wall jack.....it's impossible to answer this. "Probably" a straight cable...but again..without knowing...I mean, someone could have done something screwy on the other end...we're all probably "assuming" that it does to a standard patch panel, and/or switch....but without knowing....it's all just a guessing game.

Combined with most newer hardware is all auto direction sensing...just plug it in until you get link lights. :p
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Yea.. I hate people that do that. Just happened today while installing a new VOIP/IP Telephony system. In one office the phone would not come up but when I plugged the cable directly into her PC it worked fine..scratched my head and checked the ends on the cable, sure enough someone had put a x-over cable from the wall plate to the pc. It worked fine, but wouldn't work fine for my PoE IP Phone.

Like my dad always says, "If your going to do something, do it right the first time"
 
KaosDG said:
Or, your wiring contractor may have hired sub-par wiring monkeys who wired half your jacks as 568b and punched them to the wall panel in a random spread of 568a, 568b, or just plain... "whichever color i grabbed first"

:mad: :mad:
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Yay for color blind cable guys!!
 
You can't assume someone will have hardware with autosensing ports, you got to wire the job right. All lazy people do is cause more work for everyone else!
 
Diablo2K said:
You can't assume someone will have hardware with autosensing ports, you got to wire the job right. All lazy people do is cause more work for everyone else!
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Very true; luckily all my hardware is auto MDI/MDI-X (the switch running the ports in the house is, which is a *huge* plus luckily), and most modern network stuff is...I think.
 
I will be plugging in a DVR system that will hook to my DSL/Cable router...
 
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