I have an ethernet socket than I need to connect it to a switch. The contractor seems to forget to crimp the head that is suppose to be connected to a switch for me. Which type of arrangement do I need to crimp it with. Straight or cross over?
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Usually switches need a cross-over cable only to connect with other switches (or the same-class devices like hubs), so I'd say you need a straight-through cable.
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Mostly true, but ... I don't even remember the last time I had a device that needed a cross-over cable. Pretty much all switches support Auto-MDIX these days, and so do most network cards. (For Gigabit Ethernet it's outright required.) Oct 3, 2015 at 16:56