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Re: Crossover Ethernet cable - is it nessecery?

The short answer is, yes it is necessary. I don't know the details, but basically, a regular cable has the same wires in the same locations at both ends (pin 1 on the left is pin 1 on the right), where a crossover cable switches positions of the wires (pin 1 on the left might be pin 3 on the right or something like that).
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