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Subject: Re: (?) RJ45 Crossover Cable Question (Pin numbering) 
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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 17:51:57 PDT
From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.91.950807104321.23782C-100000@elf.kendall.mdcc.edu> you 
write:
>   If you make 3-4 a twisted pair, and 5-6 the other twisted pair, your
>   cable may work for lengths less than a metre, but will fail miserably
>   for longer lengths.

A meter is a bit conservative; I have used incorrectly-paired 10baseT cables 
up to about 80 feet and haven't had a problem (nobody knew they were incorrect 
until I watched the guy put one together...)

  Bill