XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 26 Dec 2022 15:15:55 -0700, Ken Blake   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >>Cables (with male connectors) are typically wired straight through or   
   >>crossover (rare now).   
   >   
   >   
   >Yes, I know. What I didn't know was that a crossover cable is one that   
   >is connected 568A at one end and 568B at the other. I was asking   
   >whether (and if so, how) I could tell whether the connections were   
   >568A or 568B. I basically wanted to know that so I could tell whether   
   >an old cable I might have lying around is a crossover cable.   
      
   You don't have to know which format they are to know if they are   
   crossover.   Hold both ends next to each other and see if the colors are   
   in the same order.  If they're not, it's crossover.  If they are, it's   
   not.   
      
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