Little arguement with a guy on the floor about computers, back me up here

[Bignate603]

He claims that a cat5e is the same as a crossover cable. I thought cat5 and cat5e referred to the types of cable used, not anything on how the wiring was hooked, and that cat5e used to hook from a computer to a hub would be wired the same as a cat5 cable for the same purpose would be.

I know that I'm right (unless i'm horribly confused). Can anyone back me up here?

 

[pillage2001]

CAt5e supports up to 1000mbps if I'm not wrong while cat5 supports up till 100mbps.

 

[JC]

You're right.

Crossover cable is just wired differently.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Cat5e is the type of cable. There are regular and crossover cat5e.

 

[IcePhoenix]

If you want to connect a computer directly to another computer, with no hubs, switches etc, then you use a crossover cable. If you use a hub, switch or whatever, then you use a straight through cable. CAT5 is just a standard for speeds and shielding and whatnot. So yes, you are right. Unless i read that wrong

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: JC
You're right.

Crossover cable is just wired differently.

Yup... same answer as me

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: JC
You're right.

Crossover cable is just wired differently.

 

[notfred]

LINK

 

[LiQiCE]

You're right...

Cat 5 = Category 5 cabling. Cat 5 wiring is specified to meet the bandwidth requirements for 100Mbit Ethernet
Cat 5e is "enhanced" Category 5 cabling. Cat 5e wiring is specified to meet the bandwidth requirements for Gigabit Ethernet

Standard cabling (Cat 5 or Cat 5e) has a wiring configuration of White Orange/Orange, White Green/Blue, White Blue/Green, White Brown/Brown on both ends.

Crossover cables on the other hand, require that the transmit and receive wires be crossed on 1 end of the cable, thus the name "crossover", it enables you to connect 2 network devices without the use of a hub or switch.

The Cat5/Cat5e has absolutely nothing to do with the way the wires are crimped onto an RJ45 head. You can have Cat 5e cabling that has no head connectors and you can make the decision whether you want it to be a standard cable, or a crossover cable.

Hope this helps.

 

[Dufman]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: JC
You're right.

Crossover cable is just wired differently.

 

[Bignate603]

Thanks guys, he's finally stopped whining and I have reasserted myself as top tech geek of the floor.

 

[VTBigBear]

nice...

at the top of the picking chain now...

 

[Blieb]

Look. If you wanna win the argument. Punch that fool in the face

 

[hevnsnt]

I heard that cross-over cables are the kind that one would use for cable tv, just with a different end super-glued on there.