are cross over cables popular? -nt

[churchdoesmatter]

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Originally posted by: pokemonlover

what you said...

I have to make them all the time, so for me? Yes...

 

[Murphyrulez]

no.

wait.

I mean

yes.

 

[Miramonti]

depends what kind of bar you go to.

 

[FoBoT]

popular? you mean, do all the other cables like them and think they are cute/cool?

um , i dunno

 

[Mucman]

I wouldn't be connected to the net without the cross over cable connecting my switches... so my answer is yes

 

[gwlam12]

crossover allows PC2PC networking right?

im waiting for the answer myself as i am interested in buying one.

 

[silverpig]

Normal cables: go from NIC to hub/switch etc.
Crossover cables: go from NIC to NIC.


That's BASICALLY the gist of it.

 

[FatAlbo]

Somewhat off-topic but not really. Since silverpig brought up what normal and cross over cables are used for, here's a question. Which is the one that M$ is selling for the Xbox System Link Cable?

 

[dexter333]

Crossover

 

[yakko]

I use crossover wireless.

 

[loup garou]

They're all the rage.

 

[tweakmm]

Me and my friend love hanging out with our crossover cable buddies
I would say that they are quite popular.

 

[Murphyrulez]

My crossover cables are always throwing a pool party, or having a barbeque or something. They are very popular in our neighborhood.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Mucman
I wouldn't be connected to the net without the cross over cable connecting my switches... so my answer is yes

why would you use a crossover cable with a switch or between switches?

 

[DanFungus]

I don't use them, I use straight through since I have routers/switches

 

[Mucman]

Ameesh - For switchs that don't have uplink ports that don't cross it over for you We are using Cisco switches (1 2948G, 3 x 2924). Are Cisco 7200 goes to the 2948G from there there is 3 crossover cables connecting to each 2924.

 

[rgwalt]

Cross over cables are used to connect for going from NIC to NIC or switch/hub/router to switch/hub/router when neither has an "uplink" port. I used a crossover cable to patch between 2 uplinks ports once.

Ryan