Can a patch cable be converted to crossover cable??

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Question by Someone
Submitted on 1/1/2004
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Can a patch cable be converted to crossover cable??

Answer by ed
Submitted on 2/18/2004
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Yes, http://www.webstafford.com/NETWORK/Ether%20crossover.htm

Answer by johns
Submitted on 4/4/2004
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Sure. A normal cable is straight through. A crossover cross-connects pairs 2 and 3. You can buy adapters to implement the cross-over or cut off a plug and re-terminate it appropriately. If you want best speed I'd avoid the adapter approach. Especially for CAT5e.

Answer by Ryan00101101
Submitted on 2/23/2005
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Yep easily just get an rj45 jack and make it to the way that it says on the color code then crossover the other end and throw a rj45 end on the thing and make it around a foot or so i made one that fits on my keychain about 3" long

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