ok i want to connect a third pc to my new router, the only spare cable i have is a crossover cable but i have an adapter that i used to use to make my straighthrough cable a crossover cable, would this work with making a crossover into a straight through?, yes your thinking just try it but the pc i want to connect will take me 30 mins to reassemble and i cant be bothered at the moment to rebuild it if the cable wont work! thanks Q-TEC 550 Watt PSU MSI VIA KT4AV-L 2800+ Barton 512 DDR333 GeForce Fx5200 128Mb Aero 7 Lite 80Gb Samsung ATA133 HDD 120Gb WD ATA100 HDD LiteOn LDW-851S LiteOn LTR-52246S

Hi Rocky Haven't we met earlier todqay LOL What you're trying to make is commonly called CAT5 twisted-pair network cables. For a tutor on how to make it, visit http://duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/cable/cable1.htm Hope this helps Good Luck

why dont u just try it on one of ur working pcs

Yes, if you connect a crossover to a crossover, you will have converted the thing back to straight through. I can't imagine it takes 30 minutes to hook up two cables?

He said it will take him 30 minutes to re-assemble the pc he wants to connect.

But why dissemble it of the cables don't work? Takes seconds to fit a different cable. No disassembly required. Stuart

yeh but im downstairs my sons asleep in his cot upstairs where my main pc is which has a small cat5 cable which i could change to test it on but 1 noise and hes awake and im bolocked by the mrs! this pc im on is using a massive 15 foot cable from the router upstairs so i cant test it on this one anyways ill get to assembling this cyrix 333 lol and get it connected. Q-TEC 550 Watt PSU MSI VIA KT4AV-L 2800+ Barton 512 DDR333 GeForce Fx5200 128Mb Aero 7 Lite 80Gb Samsung ATA133 HDD 120Gb WD ATA100 HDD LiteOn LDW-851S LiteOn LTR-52246S