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cat 5
Name: whodat Date: September 28, 2006 at 15:08:42 Pacific OS: winxp CPU/Ram: 1 gig Product: built
Comment:
Could someone tell me if you can use regular cat5 on winxp peer to peer on do you still need crossover? Thanks
Name: steigrafx Date: September 28, 2006 at 15:19:10 Pacific
Reply:
Crossover when connecting two NIC's directly.
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Response Number 2
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: September 28, 2006 at 15:48:15 Pacific
Reply:
Kind of a trick question since a cross-over cable would be "regular" Cat5. The difference is wether the cables are wired to be strait-through or cross-over.
Michael J
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Response Number 3
Name: jefro Date: October 1, 2006 at 15:24:05 Pacific
Reply:
XP has nothing to do with this, it is a function of ethernet 802.x design.
If one or both of your nic adapters are somewhat new they will most likely be able to auto negotiate for the correct cable. The transmitt and receive side connectors will be electronically changed to match the cable. A patch will do in this case.
How do you tell?
You plug a patch cable in and try it. If it doesn't work then consider a trip to get a cross over cable.
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