The transmit pair from PC-A must be crossed over (hence the name "cross
over cable") to the receive pair for PC-B and vice versa.

Reverse pairs 2 and 3.

PC A    PC B
1 --------- 3
2 --------- 6
3 --------- 1
6 --------- 2


Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Black <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, January 14, 1999 11:20 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Networking: CAT 5 UTP


>I have a question.  I am wanting to network 2 PC to gether sometime in
the
>next couple of months.  I don't have enough money for a hub, and don't
wish
>to use thinet coax for peer to peer. I know that the T586B for RJ45
>Connections won't work what is the correct cable sequence to create a
null
>cable?
>
>--Patrick Black
>Networking Major
>at Marshall University
>
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