Twisted cable = Crossover cable?

Are they the same? For CAT5 that is.

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gecko

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Are they the same? For CAT5 that is.

Thanks

gecko


Not necessarily. Twisted cable just means that the wires wind round each
other in a spiral. A crossover cable has the connections reversed at one of
the ends, so that you can, for example, connect two PCs 'back-to-back' via
their network cards.

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"gecko" wrote in message
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Are they the same? For CAT5 that is.

No - two terms to do with cabling, but different meanings:

Twisted cable means the cable that you see contains several small wires that
are twisted round each other inside the outer casing.

Crossover cable is a way of wiring the end connectors on the cable so that
the cable can be used to connect 2 client devices together. ie. a crossover
cable can be used to connect 1 PC to another PC directly. This is the
opposite as a 'normal', or 'straight' cable, which is used to connect a PC
to a router, hub, switch or other such network device.

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:32:58 -0600, Joel wrote:

The problem that we may not know exactly what you have in mind. So I
guess we may have to go for something like.

Twisted Cable (example)

A - A
B - B
C - F =- not straight from PIN-C to PIN-C
D - D
E - E

Crossover (from one device to other)

PC - Router (usually straight cable?)
Router - Printer (usually twisted cable?)
Router - Modem (usually twisted cable?)
Router - Hub (twisted or Straight?)

Also, Parallel and even USB cable have 2 different types.



Thanks

Gecko

"gecko" wrote in message
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Are they the same? For CAT5 that is.

Thanks

gecko

You might find this link of value to you as it shows you how to
identify/make Ethernet cables be they cross-over or straight-through.

http://www.mae.ufl.edu/sysinfo/network_cables.htm

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:32:58 -0600, Joel
wrote:

gecko wrote:

Are they the same? For CAT5 that is.

The problem that we may not know exactly what you have in mind. So I
guess we may have to go for something like.

Twisted Cable (example)

A - A
B - B
C - F =- not straight from PIN-C to PIN-C
D - D
E - E

Crossover (from one device to other)

PC - Router (usually straight cable?)
Router - Printer (usually twisted cable?)
Router - Modem (usually twisted cable?)
Router - Hub (twisted or Straight?)


Unless either (port) end is gigabit in which case a
crossover cable is not needed.