<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> An Ethernet crossover cable is a crossover cable for Ethernet used to connect computing devices together directly . It is most often used to connect two devices of the same type: e.g. two computers (via their network interface controllers) or two switches to each other . By contrast, patch cables or straight through cables are used to connect devices of different types, such as a computer to a network switch or Ethernet hub . </P> <P> Intentionally crossed wiring in the crossover cable connects the transmit signals at one end to the receive signals at the other end . Many devices today support Auto MDI - X capability, wherein a patch cable can be used in place of a crossover cable, or vice versa, and the receive and transmit signals are reconfigured automatically within the devices to yield this desired result . </P>

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