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200-301 · Question #1460
200-301 Question #1460: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is C: crossover. When connecting two like devices, such as two switches or two routers, a crossover cable is required to correctly cross the transmit and receive pairs, especially when Auto MDI-X is not available.
Submitted by andreas_gr· Mar 5, 2026
Question
Which cable type must be used when connecting two like devices together using these criteria? - Pins 1 to 3 and 2 to 6 are required. - Auto detection MDI-X is unavailable.
Options
- Astraight-through
- Bconsole
- Ccrossover
- Drollover
Explanation
When connecting two like devices, such as two switches or two routers, a crossover cable is required to correctly cross the transmit and receive pairs, especially when Auto MDI-X is not available.
Common mistakes.
- A. A straight-through cable connects devices with different pinout assignments (e.g., switch to router, host to switch) by maintaining the same pin configuration on both ends, which would lead to incorrect transmit/receive connections for like devices without MDI-X.
- B. A console cable (rollover cable) is used to connect a computer's serial port to a network device's console port for management purposes, not for sending network traffic between network devices.
- D. A rollover cable is another name for a console cable, used for out-of-band management of network devices, not for Ethernet data transmission between two network devices.
Concept tested. Ethernet cable types and use
Topics
#Ethernet cabling#crossover cable#MDI-X#cable types
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