taralone
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Cross over cables are used to connect two computers directly through NICs without the use of router or hub. You can get these at any computer accessories store.
Just specify the cross over cable, when you go to purchase it. The patch cable won't work, it's the cable you connect to the router or modem with.
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John S
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But a cheap Network Switch which has 5 to 8 ports on it.
You can get them for around $30 US at most Computer Stores.
The "Switch" will plug into the Router and expand the number of ports you can use.
The difference between Cat5 and Cat 6 is the speed. Cat5e has a max thru put of 100Mbps while Cat 6, can deliver a maximum of 1000Mbps
Also, if you are trying to extend your network the maximum distance.. then Cat6 will give you less interference and data loss over distances exceeding 100ft. then Cat5
A crossover cable is used to connect 2 computers directly, without the need for a hub. They will need to have IP addresses manually assigned to them. The reason they are called "cross over" is because the wires are physically crossed so that the end which sends on 1 computer is crossed over to the end which recieves on the other computer and vice versa. Normally a Hub, Switch, or Router does the crossing over for the computers so straight wires can be used... but when there isn't a hub or switch.. then the wires must be manually crossed.
A Cross over cable will allow you to connect 2 computers, but without a 2nd Network card, neither of them will be able to connect to the router.
It would be MUCH more realiable to have a router with multiple ports or add a Switch in between the computers and the router THEN to use a cross over cable.
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poebassman
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It sounds like you have a modem and not a router. Routers typically have 4 LAN ports and 1 WAN port with no USB.
To answer your question, CAT5e and CAT6 are nearly identical. CAT6 can provide Power Over Ethernet (P.O.E.) where CAT5e cannot.
Purchase a router and connect it to your modem's LAN port. Connect your two computers into the LAN of the router. No cross over cable is required.
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Amar M
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To connect 2 PCs w/o a hub you need a crossover cable. CAT5E/6 is simply a cable spec which allows the highest possible speed in the case of 100 and 1000 BASE-T ethernet connection. The crossover cable cannot be used to connect PCs to a hub. It can be used to connect 2 hubs to eachother. A crossover cable can be made with CAT5e/6 cable. It is the way it is wired which makes it a crossover cable. The transmit pairs are "crossed-over" to the receive pairs on the other end. A normal cable keeps the wires in the same position on either end of wire inside the RJ-45 connector.
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On-Site Computer Solutions
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Buy a switch to hook to your single Ethernet port on your router then the computers into the switch or get a router/switch with more ports.
Another way is to get another Network card for your PC to share it's internet connection with Windows ICS, but it would be easier to go with a new router or switch.
Either way you shouldn't need to use a crossover cable.
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Marcus B
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well 6 enables Gigabit... well 5 has Megabit... capability.
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Dadnach
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The difference is how the 8 wires in the CAT 5E/6 are wired into the RJ45 plug. To go computer to computer, you need a crossover cable. Then on the computer that is hooked to the router, you have to enable Internet sharing.
If your router is capable of wireless, why not just buy a wireless card for the one not hooked to computer? Install it and you can now use the Internet. This would also eliminate an extra cable strewn through the house.
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