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 pin on one end is ...

I'm trying to run cat5e to a POE WiFi access point in the ceiling. So on one end of the cat5e cable is a standard RJ45 wall jack (in the office), and on the other end is a male RJ45 connector poking ...

There is a special type of Category 5, or Cat 5, cable that can be used to connect two computers without the use of a router or switch. These cables are known as crossover cables and they have ...

Ethernet cables come in two types: straight through and crossover. Crossover cables flip the transmit and receive wire pairs from one end to the next, so that the transmissions channel on one end ...

My brother dropped by the other day and I was showing him my little two computer network. "Oh, did you buy a little hub?", says he. "Why no, I'm just using a crossover cable," relplies I. "Crossover ...

Most networking devices ship with Ethernet cables that let you connect the hardware to your network. Many of these cables, however, are at a fixed length usually measuring no more than four feet. That ...