[SOLVED] Crossover cat5 vs switch

shinystuffrox · 02-15-2011, 07:11 PM

got a watchguard firebox 1000 here, old tech i know, the manuals/pdfs on their site want me to use a crossover cable for the quick setup and I havent got any at the moment, but I got dozens of normal patch cables and switches. Can I use 2 patch cables on a switch to simulate a crossover cable scenario? If so ... would there be anything extra to do to make that method work? --tia

this thread indicates there is no difference other than what they mention in the thread? confirmation on that? http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...switch-506206/

corp769 · 02-15-2011, 07:15 PM

You can either do that, or disassemble a cable and convert to a crossover cable

jefro · 02-16-2011, 07:02 PM

Many newer nics can autonegotiate for the cable. Only one of the nics needs to have that feature so I use a patch cord until it fails then hunt all over for a crossover.