Lord Turkey Cough wrote:
> I have two of them both have cat5e printed on them
> one has a crossover to connect computer to computer, the other came
> with my cable modem and is 'straight through'.
>
> How do I tell the differnce?
>
> I think I have the right one for the cross over because the other
> one gives an error.
>
>
> There is other stuff printed on it
>
> e132276-a etc


Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_cable and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_crossover_cable, and check the
pinouts. You'll notice that there is only one pinout given for the
straight cable, ie, you cannot tell one end from another by looking at
the wire colors (easy to do this the pug in transparent plastic), while
the crossover has a different pinout at each end.