How do I un-cross a cross over cable?

[ugh]

Hi all,

I currently have a crossover cable laid in my living room to connect to the PC upstairs. Is there a way to "uncross" the wire? It is as easy as finding which end of the wire is crossed, cut the head off and put it another head? If so, would I be able to re-do the clamping of the RJ45 socket head without a special plier?

TIA.

 

[Mrpilot007]

http://www.firewall.cx/cabling_xover.php

try this link

 

[JackMDS]

The best.

You go straight.
You cross the street
You cross the store?s front door,
You go straight to the Cable section.
You buy straight CAT5 cable.
You go straight Home.

A semi reasonable solution is to buy CAT5 coupler (Radio Shack), and a short Crossover CAT5 cable.

Put the coupler on one end of the current cable; plug the crossover extension to it.
The resultant will be a long straight cable.

 

[Fallen Kell]

*nods in agreement with above post*

Easiest is to get the coupler and place another crossover cable there. As 2 cross-over cables = straight patch cable.

 

[vexingv]

i'm interested in this cat5 coupler, have 50 ft of crossover cable and now i might get a router. searched the radioshack website but didnt find it. can some1 provide a link/do you have the exact name?

 

[JackMDS]

As I mentioned above. ?Semi-Reasonable?. Some times these gizmos can reduce the Network efficiency.

Snap-In In Line Coupler: 278-2037

 

[bobcpg]

I am useing a coupler not and it seems fine and not bothersome on my 3pc home network. but to straight up answer your question, just get a coupler and another crossover cable and hook them together. also, there might be a coupler that does the crossover therefore you would not need another crossover cable.

 

[ugh]

Intesting stuff bout the coupler. Though I have no idea how it is... Yet. One question, will it work if I have a straight through cable in between those 2 cross over cables?

 

[MasterHoss]

I would avoid using coupler... too many packet collisions. I'd just go ahead and shell out the $$ for a true CAT 5e cable.

 

[ugh]

I would if I could. If I were to change the current x-over cable, I would have to rewire the entire thing and it's not convenient to do so. That's why I was asking if it's possible to remove the jacks and reclamp them to make a x-over cable a straight one.

 

[JackMDS]

Remove the plug from the end of the long crossover. and use a Keystone RJ-45 jack on the wall.

You can find a little box and keystone jack for $5 at Home depot.

Much easier, more flexible, and better connection then re-crimpping.

How to Terminate & Assembly Keystone Jacks

 

[ugh]

I guess it would be better for me to illustrate this.

PC1 <------ (Straight) ------> [RJ45 wall connector] <------ (Straight) ------> [RJ45 wall connector] <------ (Cross) -----> PC2

So am I correct to say to actually have a straight connection throughout, I can do:

PC1 <------ (Cross) ------> [RJ45 wall connector] <------ (Straight) ------> [RJ45 wall connector] <------ (Cross) -----> PC2

 

[JackMDS]

You first type of connection is correct to connect two PC directly NIC to NIC.

The second type will creat a logical Straight.

However, I do not understand the utilty of such muck up?

 

[ugh]

It's either I do this or I change the x-over cable at the other end to a straight. However, that isn't an option coz it's very well hidden/concealed.