Using Straight Cable & Crossover Cable

Need to connect two devices !

But which Ethernet cable to use ?????

Straight Cable or Crossover Cable ????????

It may be confusing for many of us !!!!!

But Guys !!!! There is a simple method to figure it out !

Before that lets see what is Straight Cable and Crossover Cable

There are two standards adopted for Cabling EIA/TIA 568A & EIA/TIA 568B.

When you use single standard (either EIA/TIA 568A or EIA/TIA 568B) on both the end of cable then the resulting cable is STRAIGHT CABLE.

On the other hand if you use different cabling standard on the ends of cable then the resulting cable is CROSS CABLE

Now lets go back to our topic

Guys ! To figure out which cable to use

Always Remember

Same Devices - Use Crossover Cable

Different Devices - Use Straight Cable


So lets see which cable to use while connecting different Networking devices

1) Switch to Switch =  Crossover Cable

2) Router to Router =  Crossover Cable

3) Switch to Router =  Straight Cable

4) PC to PC =  Crossover Cable

5) Switch to PC = Straight Cable

6) Router to PC = Crossover Cable ( since they both have same components)

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