has anyone made a crossover cable ?

[Mr_K]

i've been trying but to no success.

i've made a straight cable and can access the other computer, it's jus when i crossover the wires it doesnt work?

is there a way to open an rj45 jack ?

[Edited by Mr_K on 8th March 2001 at 21:42]

[amu]

RJ45 Pinout

one end
1 - tx - white/orange
2 - tx - orange
3 - rx - white/green
4 - blue
5 - white/blue
6 - rx - green
7 - white/brown
8 - brown

other end
1 - rx - white/green
2 - rx - green
3 - tx - white/orange
4 - blue
5 - white/blue
6 - tx - orange
7 - white/brown
8 - brown

[PirSaheb]

One End: 1)Orange-White 2)Orange 3)Green-White 4)Skip 5) Skip 6)Green
Other End: 1)Green-White 2)Green 3)Orange-White 4)Skip 5)Skip 6)Orange

Use Crossover to connect two PC's directly or Hub to Hub BUTTT today's hubs/switches have an uplink port which are internally crossed, in those cases use a straight-through cable.

[yasmin]

WhaT?!!!!!

Why would you want to do this anyway?

[Haroun4u]

cool

Can you recomend a particular type of RJ45 crimping tool and where to purchase one from?