What is a crossover cable used for? The fastest way to connect PCs together, to a router or central switch, is through Ethernet cabling, a standard that’s been in networking installation for years.

There is a special type of Category 5, or Cat 5, cable that can be used to connect two computers without the use of a router or switch. These cables are known as crossover cables and they have ...

A technical comparison of EMI shielding, PoE compatibility, and signal degradation in Cat6 and Cat8 networking setups.

I want to hook up my own XP PC to my work-supplied Win2K PC using a cat5 ethernet crossover cable. I would ideally like to use TCP/IP (but filesharing will do).<BR><BR>Does it make any difference if ...

Ethernet is ubiquitous, fast, and simple. You only need two diffpairs (four wires) to establish a 100Mbit link, the hardware is everywhere, you can do Ethernet over long distances easily, and tons of ...