XBOX 360 CAT 5 cable question

[caduceus]

I have an XBOX 360 which was suppied with the following cable: etl verified to EIA/TIA 568 CAT 5 UTP 4 pairs 24AWG patch cable.

I have just ordered 30 metres of CAT 5 cable from cable universe but it says on it 3P on it. I assume its 3 pair then?

Will this not do the same job as the XBOX supplied 4 pair stuff? Or does the 'pair' malarky not make any difference?

Thanks all.

[popey]

If it's Cat 5 it's 4 pair, not 3 pair. Suggest the 3P means something else?

make sure you note down the pinouts carefully as I seem to remember that the XBox cable isn't like a 'normal' cat5 cable. We had no end of problems with students using their XBox cables in the residential network on campus.

[caduceus]

popey said:

make sure you note down the pinouts carefully

The RJ45 connectors on the xbox supplied cable are the same, both ends. As is the new stuff I just bought. Is that what you mean by pinouts?

Cheers popey

[Plotloss]

I think 3P is a line quality standard.

If its CAT5/e its 4 pairs.

[Sssline]

Stanard Cat 5 or 5E cable will work fine, I believe the 360 is 'clever' enought to adjust for straight through or cross-over cables so the pin-out is irrelevant for 360 connection. Although it sounds like you have a standard patch cable (both ends the same) plug it in and away to go..

[caduceus]

Cheers fellas

[popey]

caduceus said:

The RJ45 connectors on the xbox supplied cable are the same, both ends. As is the new stuff I just bought. Is that what you mean by pinouts? Cheers popey

I don't know enough about the XBox to say, but I do know that an XBox supplied UTP lead don't work when you're trying to connect a PC to the Sussex Uni residential network. Darling student was most upset when he had to spend some of his grant on a cable instead of beer.

[Neil_H]

30m of Cat 5? Just get wireless, it's more than enough for the 360.

[Plotloss]

Neil_H said:

30m of Cat 5? Just get wireless, it's more than enough for the 360.

Wire is always better though, if you have the ability to run it.

[Sssline]

popey said:

caduceus said: The RJ45 connectors on the xbox supplied cable are the same, both ends. As is the new stuff I just bought. Is that what you mean by pinouts? Cheers popey I don't know enough about the XBox to say, but I do know that an XBox supplied UTP lead don't work when you're trying to connect a PC to the Sussex Uni residential network. Darling student was most upset when he had to spend some of his grant on a cable instead of beer.

Sounds like this was the original Xbox, not a 360, I think the originals came with a crossover cable might explain.