This is a guide for making a crossover cable almost out of nothing.

I wrote this guide because all other guides on the internet were how to do it the real way.

Well I am sorry that I don’t possess all the fucking BULL SHIT require to make a real Cat5 crossover cable in my college apartment, I do however have a steak knife and some duct tape.

So what follows is the guide for the rest of us that want to hack our xbox, or share some files with a friend, or whatever else you can even do with a Crossover cable.

/end rant

/begin tutorial

How to make a Crossover Cable with Almost Nothing

Cut the wire in half! Then strip it the outer wrapping off. I used a steak knife.

Then strip the inner wires, the easiest way to do this with no tools is to use a lighter. [Process described below.]

How to strip wire with a lighter:

1.) Heat up insolating plastic about half an inch from the end of the wire.

2.) After about 2 seconds, grab the area you were heating with your pointer finger and thumb, and pull. ( My dad taught me this. )

3.) Cool! Done!

After this is complete wrap the wires together how they are shown above, then wrap them up securely in any old tape you have lying around. ( Electric or duct will work the best. Don’t use scotch :P )

The correct matching for the wiring is as follows

1.) Orange to Green

2.) OrangeWhite to GreenWhite

3.) Green to Orange

4.) GreenWhite to OrangeWhite

The other wires are unneeded, but cut them until no wire is sticking out, and tap off their ends.

YOU ARE NOW DONE. If you came here searching for a more scientific approach, go read a book.