No. Standard Cat 5 cables will not work PC to PC. A crossover cable
has one plug wired 'straight' and the other has 2 wire pairs 'crossed'
Try "crossover cable" in the search box at Dabs. Should take you he
http://tinyurl.com/9yxgr
Just choose the length you need.
John

Actually, I have ran a Cat5 cable PC to PC with XP Pro on both machines
without problems...in fact, it recognized the network better than using
my ol' linksys here. The only reason I added a hub to the network is
because I now have a 3rd machine. So yes...a standard CAT5 cable can be
used from machine to machine...at least while using XP Pro.


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Archangel_76

Maybe one of your cards was "auto-sensing"? In other words, it auto
adjusts for the cable you use.

Archangel_76 wrote:
> No. Standard Cat 5 cables will not work PC to PC. A crossover cable
> has one plug wired 'straight' and the other has 2 wire pairs 'crossed'
> Try "crossover cable" in the search box at Dabs. Should take you he
> http://tinyurl.com/9yxgr
> Just choose the length you need.
> John
>
> Actually, I have ran a Cat5 cable PC to PC with XP Pro on both machines
> without problems...in fact, it recognized the network better than using
> my ol' linksys here. The only reason I added a hub to the network is
> because I now have a 3rd machine. So yes...a standard CAT5 cable can be
> used from machine to machine...at least while using XP Pro.
>
>