i've been reading a lot of crossover bullitens and everyone is telling everyone "buy a crossover". I don't wanna buy one...I have the crimping tool, wires and rj45 plugs. what is the color code on side 1 and side 2...I'd imagine they would be different. I thought about just doing it like normal one and turning the jack upside down before crimping...but I keep reading only two pairs are switched. Ok, so the reason i need a crossover is because i want to use ICS...pc 1 has a wireless card, for sake of sanity and past bullitens and whatnot...let's just say i'm sharing a rj11 phone modem connection...it's basically the same thing. I've got the sharing working using a router, but after rebooting a computer everything goes screwy...and I'm pretty sure it's the router settings....so since i'm only using 2 pcs and no longer using the wan of the router..i'm thinking do without it...is this the best way to go about this...a crossover cable? thanks

Do I have to draw you a picture? Just kidding! Here's the wiring: http://www.winnpsb.org/Tutorials/RJ45/default.htm

You may not even need one. Try a standard patch first and see if one side auto configures. If one was to config the common soho dsl router they would help protect there system a bit I'd think.

Unless im confused, i always thought crossover cables were used for like-to-like devices, such as router-to-router, host-to-host. ? Anyways... cross over cables are made by terminating one side as A and the other as B.

Thanks for the picture...I have no idea why I didn't just check the net for that...I was already here looking I guess. I didn't test out a regular cable, but the crossover cable works out pretty snazzy. I was getting IP conflicts using the router, and when I'd finally get it working, it failed after restarting a computer. Everything works fine now Thanks guys.