Crossover and normal ethernet cable

[Laanie]

At the moment I got a 1 port router that is connected to my PC. I then have a crossover cable connected from my second network card to a PC in another room.

I going to buy a mutiple port router so that the PC in the other is not dependant on mine to be on for internet access.

My question is will the crossover cable still work for a direct connection from the router to the PC, or will I have to buy a standard cable?

Thanks

 

[EasyUp Web Hosting]

Yeah, it will, but you don't have to buy another router, just get a switch and connect the router and other pcs to it. That will work as well.

 

[PsyWulf]

99.9% of routers/hubs and switches these days have auto-sensing ports that can handle both crossover and straight Cables so you should be fine

 

[Laanie]

Thanks

 

[Laanie]

So let me get this right:

I connect my router to a switch and then can connect multiple PC's to it and all the PC's will share the connection?

 

[Voodoo]

Yep, will work like that.

 

[HavocXphere]

If the router has multiple ports at the back then you can skip the switch.

 

[slayerza]

If the router has multiple ports at the back then you can skip the switch.

From the thread I gather that it doesn't, however the auto sensing thing is true though, besides switched is like R100 / 8 ports (at least it used to be before the rand took a nose dive)

 

[.Froot.]

It will be a lot cheaper to buy a switch (with autosensing ports) to plug into your single plug router.