WindowsXP/98se Network Cable

I am trying to connect my Windows XP system to my Windows
98se with a network cable to access the internet from the
98se System. I was told that a basic network cable will
not work, but the is a different pinout configuration on
one end. Can anyone tell me what this revised pinout is ?
Thanks.

If you hold an RJ45 connector in front of you, with
the cable dangling downwards, and the plastic nib
away from you, then the colour order on a normal
connection goes like so (from right to left):

Brown / brown / Orange / blue / Blue / orange / Green / green

"Brown"=solid colour, "brown"=striped colour

For a cross-over cable, the order goes like so on
one of the two connectors:

Blue / blue / Green / brown / Brown / green / Orange / orange

If you have a tool to fit an RJ45 connector then you will
find the same information included with the tool manual.
If you don't have such a tool, don't bother trying to make
up a cable. Buy one instead.


"Rob Gaul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:053f01c3c875$7504bf00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to connect my Windows XP system to my Windows
> 98se with a network cable to access the internet from the
> 98se System. I was told that a basic network cable will
> not work, but the is a different pinout configuration on
> one end. Can anyone tell me what this revised pinout is ?
> Thanks.

You need a "crossover" network cable.

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"Rob Gaul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:053f01c3c875$7504bf00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to connect my Windows XP system to my Windows
> 98se with a network cable to access the internet from the
> 98se System. I was told that a basic network cable will
> not work, but the is a different pinout configuration on
> one end. Can anyone tell me what this revised pinout is ?
> Thanks.

http://www.linksys.com/faqs/default.asp?fqid=20

Carey

"Rob Gaul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:053f01c3c875$7504bf00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to connect my Windows XP system to my Windows
> 98se with a network cable to access the internet from the
> 98se System. I was told that a basic network cable will
> not work, but the is a different pinout configuration on
> one end. Can anyone tell me what this revised pinout is ?
> Thanks.

In article <bs6j1k$2mg8$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>"Rob Gaul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:053f01c3c875$7504bf00$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I am trying to connect my Windows XP system to my Windows
>> 98se with a network cable to access the internet from the
>> 98se System. I was told that a basic network cable will
>> not work, but the is a different pinout configuration on
>> one end. Can anyone tell me what this revised pinout is ?
>> Thanks.
>
>If you hold an RJ45 connector in front of you, with
>the cable dangling downwards, and the plastic nib
>away from you, then the colour order on a normal
>connection goes like so (from right to left):
>
>Brown / brown / Orange / blue / Blue / orange / Green / green
>
>"Brown"=solid colour, "brown"=striped colour

That's the EIA/TIA 568A standard, and a cable with those colors on
both ends is a regular (straight through) Ethernet cable. But there's
another, equally valid wire order specified by the EIA/TIA 568B
standard. A cable with these colors on both ends is also a regular
Ethernet cable:

Brown / brown / Green / blue / Blue / green / Orange / orange

>For a cross-over cable, the order goes like so on
>one of the two connectors:
>
>Blue / blue / Green / brown / Brown / green / Orange / orange

Hmm, that wire order should work OK, but I've never seen it. It
switches the orange and green pairs, as required for a crossover
cable. It also switches the blue and brown pairs, which isn't
necessary, since those pairs don't carry signals.

The usual way to make a crossover cable is to use 568A on one end and
568B on the other end.

>If you have a tool to fit an RJ45 connector then you will
>find the same information included with the tool manual.
>If you don't have such a tool, don't bother trying to make
>up a cable. Buy one instead.

Good advice!
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Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
> In article <bs6j1k$2mg8$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Pegasus \(MVP\)"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>"Rob Gaul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:053f01c3c875$7504bf00$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
<snip>
>>If you have a tool to fit an RJ45 connector then you will
>>find the same information included with the tool manual.
>>If you don't have such a tool, don't bother trying to make
>>up a cable. Buy one instead.
>
>
> Good advice!

I have found that it rarely pays to make cables, even if you have
the tool. Store bought costs about the same and is less aggravation.

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