I would think you would just add a normal cable, not another crossover
cable.  Adding a crossover cable would cancel the first one and it would
work like a normal cable.  Using a coupler would probably work but
introducing another connection with the coupler could cause problems.
As the number of connections increase so does the chance of noise in the
cables leading to corruption of data and slower transfers.

----- Original Message -----
From: Adele Sapilewski <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:33 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] crossover cables


I have my two computers networked together and finaly got Internet
Connection Sharing to work.  I am now ready to move the second computer
to another part of the house.  I have a 25 foot crossover cable but need
it to be at least 35 feet.  My local computer store tells me that I can
buy a coupler and add another crossover cable to it.  Will this work?
Has anyone had experience with connecting two of these cables together?
If I do this, will I have any networking problems or will I lose speed
with my internet connection?

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