All switches what I have seen few years are auto-sense
feature. In one case it saved some money because I
personally couldn't go to buy cables and when I start
install LAN I discovered that half of cables are crossover.
But LAN is working.

I don't have seen new hubs some years maybe Ann has
actually switch?

Toomas



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kemp" <[log in to unmask]>


> Ann,
>
> Cross-over cables are used between similar devices. The cross-over cable
> switches the send and receive signal wires (usually TIA/EIA 568A and 568B
> standards).
>
> Going from a PC NIC to a hub, you should use the straight-through cable
> (usually TIA/EIA 568B on both ends).
> The only exception is the possibility that your hub has a switch on it to
> change the pins on the ports. If this is true, then you can use a cross-over
> cable in a port with this capability. Barring this possibility, you will
> need straight-through cables for each device connecting to the hub.
>
> HTH...John
>

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