Cat Crossover Cable

The ends of a patch cable can be wired in any way as long as both ends are identical.

Cat crossover cable.

Two computers via their network interface controllers or two switches to each other. This cable may also be used to connect network switches and hubs without an uplink port to other switches and hubs. Unlike straight through cable the rj45 crossover cable uses two different wiring standards. The crossed pin configuration allows two computers to be connected peer to peer without the need for a hub or switch.

Cat5 or ethernet cable is used to network computers together as in a local network or to connect a machine to the internet. It is normally used in temporary networking situations. A crossover ethernet cable is a type of ethernet cable used to connect computing devices together directly. An ethernet crossover cable is a crossover cable for ethernet used to connect computing devices together directly.

Crossover cable looks almost identical to ethernet cable but it is more expensive and reverses the transmit and receive signals. One end uses the t568a wiring standard and the other end uses the t568b wiring standard. It is most often used to connect two devices of the same type e g. A crossover cable connects two devices of the same type.