Shane
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looking to make a "normal"ethernet cable into a crossover cable, can i just cut it up and move the wires around, ive found a diagram of how one is wired but but just need to know if i can,
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John
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Yes
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Nismo
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you can but more balls ache than its worth
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johnhara1
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Yeah you'll need a pair of crimps and some rj45 connectors tho.
Cheaper to just buy a crossover?
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Shane
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thats why i was asking the question
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John
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He won't need crimps to cut the cable in the middle and swap the wires over, it'll work but not the most elegant solution.
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Daniel_Corsa
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5min job
Cut Cable...
1 x RJ45
1 x Crimping Tool
Jobs a good'un
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John
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It doesn't sound like he's got a crimper and rj45 end's lying about.
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Shane
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no i havnt
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Kyle T
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I crimped one myself with a razorblade before - really not worth fucking about with.
[Edited on 05-03-2008 by Kyle T]
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Chrissy
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why does he need to crimp a new end on it?
Can he not just cut the cable and connect the wires up?
Crude.. but it would probably work.
>>>> Chris <<<<
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Ian
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It'll work if you dissect the cable and twist the wires about but don't expect much range or strength in the resulting hash-up.
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Andrew
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http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://lusitani.com/IMAGES/ROLL/568a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lusitani.com/roll_your_own_network_cables.htm&h=485&w=300&sz=39&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=oZiwJ9tEKjPhyM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=80&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcrossover%2Bcable%2Bdiagram%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den
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pow
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Yes you can do it, but dont expect much of a brilliant connectiong
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