Crossover Cables
In order to make what is commonly referred to as a "Crossover" cable one must change the pinout connections on ONE end of the cable. If you do it on both ends of the cable you have crossed-over the crossover and now have a straight-through cable, albeit a very non-standard one. In this case two negatives do make a positive.
You need to make a cable where pins 1 & 2 from one end are connected to pins 3 & 6 on the other end, and pins 3 & 6 from the first end are connected to pins 1 & 2 on the other end. Pins 4 & 5 and 7 & 8 are unchanged.
The two ends look like this:
Standard End Crossover End Pin 1 White/Orange Pin 2 Orange Pin 2 Green Pin 3 White/Green Pin 3 White/Orange Pin 4 Blue Pin 4 Blue Pin 5 White/Blue Pin 5 White/Blue Pin 6 Green Pin 6 Orange Pin 7 White/Brown Pin 7 White/Brown Pin 8 Brown Pin 8 Brown
Pin 1 White/Green
