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crossover vs patch
Name: max Date: September 9, 2001 at 16:58:30 Pacific
Comment:
whats the difference between patch and crossover cables? thNAKS YOU
Name: Chase Date: September 9, 2001 at 18:05:12 Pacific
Reply:
A patch cable is designed to connect two dis-similar devices (e.g. a NIC and a hub) and a crossover cable is designed to connect to similar devices (e.g. a NIC to a NIC or a hub to a hub). Good enough?
Most client devices (NIC's) transmit on pins 1 & 2 (orange and orange/white) and receive on pins 3 & 6 (green and green/white). Hubs (or switches) transmit on 3 & 6 and receive on 1 & 2.
Therefore, a standard patch cable is straight-through, and a crossover cable swaps those two pairs.
Chase
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Response Number 2
Name: max Date: September 14, 2001 at 19:45:25 Pacific
Reply:
thanks that helped. i have my crossover cable coming sept 17 yay :)
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