Turning a crossover cable into a straight through cable

[Larry Roberts]

I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a
straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable,
and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a
straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable,
and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover.

[CJT]

Larry Roberts wrote: I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable, and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable, and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover.

Yep.

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[Yousuf Khan]

Larry Roberts wrote: I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable, and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable, and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover.

It should work. Though with such long cabling, and the extra junctioning
in between, there's no guarantee about signal integrity.

Yousuf Khan

[CJT]

Yousuf Khan wrote: Larry Roberts wrote: I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable, and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable, and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover. It should work. Though with such long cabling, and the extra junctioning in between, there's no guarantee about signal integrity. Yousuf Khan

100 feet is well within spec.

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[bensmyth]

> >> I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable, and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable, and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover. It should work. Though with such long cabling, and the extra junctioning in between, there's no guarantee about signal integrity. 100 feet is well within spec.

I think its 100m max?


Ben

[bensmyth]

> I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable, and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable, and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover.

You could always cut the cable and crimp a new connector on the end?

(although you'd need tools to do this!)


Regards,

Ben

[CJT]

bensmyth wrote:> I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a>straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable,>and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a>straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable,>and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover.It should work. Though with such long cabling, and the extra junctioningin between, there's no guarantee about signal integrity.100 feet is well within spec. I think its 100m max? Ben
Yep.

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[Larry Roberts]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:41:49 -0000, "bensmyth" <noreply@test.com>
wrote:
I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into a straight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable, and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into a straight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable, and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover.You could always cut the cable and crimp a new connector on the end?(although you'd need tools to do this!)Regards,Ben

Yeah, but I don't have those tools, and I'm not sure how to do
it. The last time I called around town at the local PC shops, and
asked how much they'd charge to do it for me, they quoted me the
minimum rate (almost $30.00 an hour) to do it. I think the junction,
and 3ft crossover extension will do fine.

[CJT]

Larry Roberts wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:41:49 -0000, "bensmyth" <noreply@test.com> wrote:I have a 100ft crossover cable that I want to tun into astraight through cable. Could I just buy another 3ft crossover cable,and a connection adaptor to hook them together to turn it into astraight through? I once did this using a 50ft straight through cable,and a 3ft crossover cable to turn it into a crossover.You could always cut the cable and crimp a new connector on the end?(although you'd need tools to do this!)Regards,Ben Yeah, but I don't have those tools, and I'm not sure how to do it. The last time I called around town at the local PC shops, and asked how much they'd charge to do it for me, they quoted me the minimum rate (almost $30.00 an hour) to do it.

That might have been ok if they'd been honest and only charged you
the (under) 3 minutes it would take somebody with the right tools
to do the job. <g>

I think the junction, and 3ft crossover extension will do fine.

So do I.

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