ThinkGeek is selling this amazing gadget for $24.99! It’s a rotating collar design that gives you five network cable types in one device! The cable types included are:
- ROLLED: Connect a host to a Cisco router or switch
- CROSSOVER: Communicate directly between computers without a hub or switch
- STRAIGHT-THROUGH: Use as a standard RJ45 patch cable
- ATM/LOOPBACK: Test if a network card is working by checking for link lights with no need for a hub or switch
- T1: Connect to DDS lines / T1 trunk lines
I’m buying one of these for the crossover function alone. I can’t even begin to count the number of times that I’ve needed to transfer a massive amount of data from a laptop to a desktop with no switch or router in sight.
How come so many people don’t know that virtually every network interface manufactured since somewhere in the beginning of the 00′s doesn’t need a crossover cable thanks to auto-sensing?
I blame Best Buy.
Granted… but how many Internet Devices out there that are still in use don’t have auto-sensing? Xbox – Xbox requires a cross over. Still has the other standards that makes this a must have for any tool box!
Yeah, there are still plenty of uses for one of these, j005u.