• thenewred@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I assumed crossover cables were to go between A and B standards, but that doesn’t look accurate. What are they for then?

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      It’s not for going between 568A and B, it’s just terminated that way. What is flipped is the transmit and receive pins. It’s used in equipment that can’t auto-mdix, if you need to connect two ports or two interfaces. Like interface on a NIC with a router, or ports on two switches/hubs.