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Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 15:28:45 No.1459184 View View Reply Original Report

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Friend asked me to fix his fucked lan at home. Can someone network magician check if the cabling situation in pic rel is how it's supposed to go? I haven't messed around with ethernet cables in forever.

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Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 16:10:34 No.1459190 Report

Quoted By: >>1459212 >>1459362

Cross cables are obsolete; you can and should throw them all out. All networking equipment made after 2005 or so can deal with cross and straight cables interchangeably. With the possible exception of that optic converter, the cable from there to the router should definitely be straight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 17:03:37 No.1459196 Report

Quoted By: >>1459212

A crossover cable is usually for connecting a computer to another computer; other guy is right that in this age it usually won't matter, but older devices and even some new ones might not work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 17:04:39 No.1459197 Report

Quoted By: >>1459203

I mean specifically that cable connection to the laptop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 17:15:43 No.1459203 Report

Quoted By: >>1459209

>>1459197
Back in the day, that cable needed to be a straight one. These days, it doesn't matter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 17:28:35 No.1459209 Report

Quoted By: >>1459210

>>1459203
We don't know what model the computer or router is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 17:41:57 No.1459210 Report

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>>1459209
It would need to have both a computer AND a router that date to before 2005 or so. Which then connect to fiber. Possible in theory, but damn unlikely.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 29 Apr 2024 17:52:27 No.1459212 Report

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>>1459190
>>1459196
Huh. I had no idea cross cables were old news. This will make things much easier as all the equipment is relatively new. Thanks!

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Apr 2024 08:11:42 No.1459362 Report

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>>1459190
I definitely recommend using only straight cables. Some modern equipment can't automatically deal with cross cables.

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