To make a straight-through network cable (which is what you probably need for home networking), first cut a piece of cable to your desired length; be sure to add a few extra inches, though ...

Identifying a straight-through cable from a crossover cable is actually simple. The main way to tell the difference is to compare the wiring order on the ends of the cable.

The Type T568B crossover cables find use in 1000base-T communications, but you can use them in 10base-T, and 100base-T equipment, too, when you don't need the straight-through connections in the T568A ...

A couple of purchases (and days) later, I had new-to-me networking cards and active optical DACs to replace the copper wires ...

Crossover cables look identical to straight-through cables, but have several wire pairs reversed at one end, so make sure you get the correct cable.

The conductor colors on both ends of a standard, commercial straight-through Ethernet cable from left to right are: white/orange, orange, white/green, blue, white/blue, green, white/brown, brown.

Most equipment nowadays supports NWay, which means that it doesn't matter if you use crossover or straight-through cable.

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At this point there should be two network adapters in the Host PC. One of these adapters will be connected to your school’s network via the straight-through cable. Go back into Network Connection by ...