Information sharing about crossover and direct cables.

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  • Rachid.Akli
    Senior Tech

    500+ Posts
    • Oct 2011
    • 595
    #1

    Information sharing about crossover and direct cables.

    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.
    "Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life." Nagy's father
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    • Hansoon
      Field Supervisor

      Site Contributor
      2,500+ Posts
      • Sep 2007
      • 3252
      #2
      Re: Information sharing about crossover and direct cables.

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

      Hans
      " Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0 "

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        • DAG COPIERS & COMPUTERS
          Senior Tech

          500+ Posts
          • Oct 2010
          • 860
          #3
          Re: Information sharing about crossover and direct cables.

          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.

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            • RRodgers
              Service Manager

              1,000+ Posts
              • Jun 2009
              • 1952
              #4
              Re: Information sharing about crossover and direct cables.

              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.
              Color is not 4 times harder... it's 65,000 times harder. They call it "TECH MODE" for a reason. I have manual's and firmware for ya, course... you are going to have to earn it.

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                • TheOwl
                  Service Manager

                  Site Contributor
                  1,000+ Posts
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 1733
                  #5
                  Re: Information sharing about crossover and direct cables.

                  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.
                  Please don't ask me for firmware or service manuals as refusal often offends.

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                    • kronical
                      Kronic Copier Ninja

                      100+ Posts
                      • Nov 2009
                      • 230
                      #6
                      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.

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