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Solved: Gigabit crossover cable.

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  1. TerraRizA

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    I was just wondering if such a thing exists, I was going to buy a crossover cable off eBay, and the majority of them only support 10/100 mpbs connections, however there are a rare few, cat5e crossover cables that apparently support 'Gigabit'. Is it possible?
     
    TerraRizA, Apr 8, 2010
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    Yes. However, I think that all gigabit ethernet ports are auto sensing (MDI/MDIX) so a cross-over cable is not needed. Just a regular patch cable with all 8 wires working.
     
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    Early gigabit nics did not support mdi-x, it was an optional standard, but I think all of them these days do.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable

     
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    Ah, I see now, thanks for tha saved me from wasting a couple of quid, and probably a couple of hours worth of effort trying to use it. :D
     
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