depends if you'ev got the right cable. your cable is right IF the green and orange twisted pairs and in opposire orders at each connector, if the wires are all in the same order then that kind of cable is for a hub, but you can easily convert it with a pair of pliers, just swap
orange/white - green/white
white/orange - white/green
and vice versa.
oh and you can cut the other ones and ignroe them, they're not used.
check the networking howto for higher level info
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