Mike, Hold the connectors side by side, with the locking tab facing toward the floor and look at the colors of the wires. If they are the same, it is NOT a crossover cable. The simple difference is that in the crossover cable the wires are reversed. Cheers, John
on 3/07/2002 12:19 PM, kochkodin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > Sorry about the OT here but I need some quick info... > Is there a way to physically tell whether an enet cable is a straight cable > or a > crossover one before it is hooked up? I just got a 25ft white one that > says > compucable enhanced cat 5 patch cord tested to 350 mhz ..Loking at the > ends. they > are exactly the same...orange blue green brown... > Also have a 25ft blue one...wires are orange blue green brown on 1 end and > green > blue orange brown on the other... > this is looking left to right and with the little plastic clip on the > bottom side.. > > If this info doesn't help, what changes do I need to make in my settings to > hook up > a pismo and Imac se 400 and/or my performa 5200. > Thanks in advance!!! > Mike K > > > -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
