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Science gangsters unite
568A, and I'm ready to fight!
Man, side two is just full of bangers...
Just remember crossover is hardly ever used now. Straight is almost always what you need for typical use.
Unless you're using particularly old switches or routers it doesn't matter if you're using straight or crossover anymore.
And really only on both sides. Thankfully, auto detect only requires one side to have it to work.
Unfortunately I found it doesn't always work so smoothly. It didn't on my PS2 no matter how much I tried. Crossover is still needed in some cases I guess.
God bless you auto MDI-X
Remember, type B ends are the "B"est ends
The femboy urge to redo all you homelab wiring with custom ether at runs :3
what gay flag is that
I'm pretty sure you have to cross the blue and brown wires too.
I was about to say - the outs go in, and the ins go out. The picture is wrong.
It is? This is the diagram I have laminated and glued on my termination kit never had any issues with it.
No, I mean the OP. Theirs is a half-crossover.
Orange white Orange Green white Blue Blue white Green Brown white Brown
Is etched in my memory. Swap oranges and greens to go between style A and B, do it on one end for a crossover.
^ This. There are A and B standards, and each standard has its own crossover. But there is also a crossover between A and B standards, which is typically what is used when referring to crossover cables.
In other words:
Not A-to-A xover
Not B-to-B xover
xover A-to-B
Are you crazy??? That’s only if you are fighting Zuul!!
There is no DIN, only Zuul!
You never know if you will be though. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
lol I’ve used this exact image when crimping Ethernet so many times
Ahhh that brings back memories.
hilariously one from 2015 when a buddy and mine were abroad and didn't have internet for a good month.
Raven shield co-op with no hardware
I wish I were her.
(If you didnt know, gigabit+ ethernet adaptors dont require these as they automatically make normal cables work as crossover, this was for 10/100 adaptors)
Doesn't always work on older hardware. My PS2 doesn't connect to my new PC despite my PC having Gigabit Ethernet which can do auto switching.
Both ends need it
Nah
Then why are people saying only one end needs it?
And now I’m back in college helping a buddy wire a community center for beer money
I assumed crossover cables were to go between A and B standards, but that doesn't look accurate. What are they for then?
It's not for going between 568A and B, it's just terminated that way. What is flipped is the transmit and receive pins. It's used in equipment that can't auto-mdix, if you need to connect two ports or two interfaces. Like interface on a NIC with a router, or ports on two switches/hubs.