Can a Crossover Cable Be Used As A Regular Cable?

[gta95]

I'm a little low on ethernet cables, can I use a crossover cable to connect one of my machines to a switch instead of a regular cable?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Into an uplink port on an older switch....
or on todays newer auto-detect switches..no prob.

 

[K1llaB]

can be used on switch w/ the auto-mdx (i think thats the feature)

 

[movax]

Auto MDI/MDI-X makes the whole crossover/straight-through obsolete to the extent of my knowledge. Of course, both endpoints of a cable have to support it, at least I think it works that way.

 

[AMD[H]unter]

Not all people have hardware that supports it, though. All gigabit equipment does, but there aren't that many networks that are fully gigabit, so, there is still a need for a crossover cable. But, like YeOlde said, you can use the uplink port or an autosensing uplink port on a new switch, and use a crossover. Also, only one endpoint has to support AutoMDIX, as far as I know.