Making a Crossover Cable from Scratch

October 6th, 2009 by Shawn Powers in

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Anonymous's picture

No longer needed on modern hw

On October 12th, 2009 Anonymous (not verified) says:

Of course, any patch cable will do between GigE adapters. No need for a crossover.

iNekic's picture

(auto)focus

On October 8th, 2009 iNekic (not verified) says:

The video is nice, and the instructions are very clear, only the camera focused most of the time on the table surface, instead of cables.

Shawn Powers's picture

Yeah

On October 8th, 2009 Shawn Powers says:

I know, I just had my Flip camera with me -- it's fixed focus, and not really good at fixing the focus. :)

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Anonymous's picture

Crossover cable- that sounds

On October 7th, 2009 Anonymous (not verified) says:

Crossover cable- that sounds handy. Now that I know how to make one another video showing how to use it would be excellent!!!

Anonymous's picture

flash video and ogv download.

On October 7th, 2009 Anonymous (not verified) says:

I love these tips. Shawn keep up the good work.

I know it is almost a defacto standard, but I can't watch flash video at work (blocked).
Btw I'm not a big flash fan.

Could you also provide the ogv download as you used to do before?
That way I can download the file and view it with vlc.

Thanks,
Peter

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