Information sharing about crossover and direct cables.

[Rachid.Akli]

Hi all of you

I would like to share the following information with all copytechnet readers:

1- With Windows XP, it is possible to use a crossover and a direct cable in a singgle network connection( a two machine network).

2- With Windows 7, a crossover is the only possibility. The direct cable will not work in a two machine network.


Rachid.

[Hansoon]

I think this will not depend so much on the operating system being used but on the NIC's/Mainboards.....

Hans

[DAG COPIERS & COMPUTERS]

Did you try to connect the two devices through a HUB or Switch when using the direct (straight) cable?
I think it should be able to work. Haven't tried it myself with Wins7.

[RRodgers]

It also depends on the hub or switch as well as the Nic's/mainboard (mentioned above) Some switches will auto sense and correct if need be.
But if you wanna go from PC (or laptop) straight to copier I always use a crossover.

[TheOwl]

I have been using HP laptops now for the last 6 years and I no longer carry a crossover cable as my laptops have always auto sensed the TX \ RX lines correctly.

This goes for using both Windows XP and Windows 7 with both 32 and 64Bit versions.

[kronical]

Owl is correct. Newer high end nic cards auto sense the need for a crossover/direct connection. Some cheaper nics do not have this feature. The windows version is irrelevant here as it is the hardware itself that does the auto sensing.