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 ===== Micro Solutions Consulting Member of The HTML Writers Guild http://www.ezy.net/~microsol International Webmasters Association 410-543-8996 MS Site Builder Network - Level 2 member ===== -----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 > > The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If > you would like to contribute to the website, send any > hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: > [log in to unmask] > Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html