On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:46:57 -0500, wrote:

Do we even need crossover cables anymore?
Or did they go the way of 8-track players?

I found myself with a box of them and I just cut the "crossed" plug
off and crimped a straight one back on. Be sure you swap that with one
on a live 1gb connection and run it for a while, wiggle it around and
shake it to be sure the connection is good. Nothing is worse that
stocking a bad cable.

I have at least a half dozen of them and I keep using them by mistake since
they don't look any different unless you put their ends side by side and
check color patterns.

Your idea of cutting off one end and just wiring on a straight color match
would make sense. I need to buy a crimper to do that first.

Why did we use these cables anyway?
I seem to remember computer to computer or computer to wifi transceiver???