[ILUG] Network cable questions

[Johno Sullivan]

Yup its possible alright, I made a few last week.. I _THINK_ the wiring
looks like this.. I have a couple at home and I can make more so I'll
send you one if you want.

Or/W  <pin 1>  Gr/W
Or    <pin 2>  Gr
Gr/W  <pin 3>  Or/W
Bl    <pin 4>  Br/W
Bl/W  <pin 5>  Br
Gr    <pin 6>  Or
Br/W  <pin 7>  Bl
Br    <pin 8>  Bl/W

johno

On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Kathryn Cassidy wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Some time ago there was a discussion about home 
>networking where someone said they thought you could 
>only attach two computers directly with cat 5 cable 
>(ie. without a hub) if it was some "special cross-over 
>cable" and not just normal twisted pair.
>
>Can anyone confirm this?  Also, is there a name for 
>this type of cable, or if I go to peats/maplin asking 
>for cross-over cat 5 cable will they know what I'm 
>talking about.
>
>Thanks,
>Kathryn.