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CAT 5 - PC-to-PC
I just looked at the wires from the cable and they are going in the order like this: 1 BRN 2 WHT/BRN 3 ORN 4 WHT/BLU 5 BLU 6 WHT/ORN 7 GRN 8 WHT/GRN other side 1 WHT/BRN 2 GRN 3 WHT/BLU 4 BLU 5 WHT/GRN 6 ORN 7 WHT/ORN This is backwords from the regular way.....is that effecting the cable and... -
CAT 5 - PC-to-PC
Thank you very much....it is a cross over cable but it my computers arent recognizing it......anyone know why? -
CAT 5 - PC-to-PC
It doesnt say, but i think its not sooo is that i need? a crossover patch cable?? -
CAT 5 - PC-to-PC
I have an "enhanced cat 5" cable that i want to connect from one computer to the other. I used to use a 10ft cat 5e patch cable to do this and it worked fine, but we increased the distance of the two computers. I dont have any hubs or switches or routers or anything like that....When I...
