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psd99

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Hi guys just a quick question

what kind of cable do I need to connect my router to my ps3?

Is that straight through/patch

or a cross connect cable?

thanks
 
99% all modern routers are autodetect, and can use either.

I certainly have never bought one or the other!
 
I would use a crossover between a ps3 and a router, simply because you use crossover cables for like devices. switch to switch, pc to pc, pc to router etc... all require crossover (even if you use a straight through cable, the auto-MDIX will perform a crossover inside the device itself).

As has been said though, it doesn't realy matter, all modern devices can auto detect the cable type and adjust accordingly.
 
Dist said:
I would use a crossover between a ps3 and a router, simply because you use crossover cables for like devices. switch to switch, pc to pc, pc to router etc... all require crossover (even if you use a straight through cable, the auto-MDIX will perform a crossover inside the device itself).

As has been said though, it doesn't realy matter, all modern devices can auto detect the cable type and adjust accordingly.
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Er, you mean a normal patch cable? A router and a PS3 arent like devices . . . . :D
 
lol thanks

I was thinking straight through because I've already got straight through from my router to my xbox
then my mate has a cross over

in either case I'm going to go straight through because I can remember the colors off of the top of my head. lol
 
PhillyDee said:
Er, you mean a normal patch cable? A router and a PS3 arent like devices . . . . :D
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Well, it depends on the type of router. The routers I have worked with are modular and can have a module of switch ports added to the router. To those ports you would use a straight through cable, but to the routing ports you would use a crossover cable.

Although a PS3 and a PC may not seem similar to a router, it all comes down to what pairs are used for transmission and what pairs are used for recieving. A switch uses different transmit/recieve pairs than a PC, so when it transmits, the signal is comming in on the PCs recieve pairs. A router is similar to a PC because on a 100Mb network, they both transmit on pins 1 and 2, and recieve on 3 and 6, meaning without a crossover cable they are trying to both send signals down the same pair of wires, and are both listening to the same pair of wires for reception.

With modern equipment, the cable type does not matter, auto detecting ports have been used for many years now.
 
Dist said:
I would use a crossover between a ps3 and a router, simply because you use crossover cables for like devices. switch to switch, pc to pc, pc to router etc... all require crossover (even if you use a straight through cable, the auto-MDIX will perform a crossover inside the device itself).

As has been said though, it doesn't realy matter, all modern devices can auto detect the cable type and adjust accordingly.
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This would be correct with an old school single port router. But since all domestic routers now have built in switches you'd use a straight through cable. Which is what you use in 99% of situations.
 
K.C. Leblanc said:
This would be correct with an old school single port router. But since all domestic routers now have built in switches you'd use a straight through cable. Which is what you use in 99% of situations.
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Well the OP didn't mention what type of router, so I just gave some information based on the routers I have been working with recently (some Cisco routers).
 
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