I have my own real estate business with a few employees, and I typically maintain our company’s computers and network equipment myself. Now I might not be the best IT person, but for the most part ...

The most effective replacement for crossover connections, however, is through the use of an Ethernet hub or switch. In this setup, each computer uses its own "straight through" cable to connect to ...

However, you cannot use a regular Ethernet cable -- called a straight-through or a patch cable -- to accomplish this. Instead, you need a Category 5, or CAT 5, or later crossover cable, available ...

Cat5 Crossover Mod. Right then all you frag artists out there… A lot of you peeps buy 2 network cards and a cable to connect 2 PC’s together.