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On 19 Jul 2005 13:40:21 -0700, in article
<1121805621.422183.91300@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, electro drawled...
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>I dont understand. Could you elaborate?
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If I may...
The standard ethernet cables are a straight-through cabling. The first wire on
one end goes all the way through the cable to the opposing side. The cable
needed for the XBox is called a cross-over ethernet cable. I don't remember
which terminals/pins are crossed, but two of them indeed switch places from one
side to the other. Systemlink cables are this cross-over kind.
For my setup, I've got a short (18") cross-over cable, an ethernet coupling
adapter, and a very long standard ethernet cable. Much cheaper. As long as
there is a cross-over in the line, it all works good.
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