[Tfug] Yet another poser

[Carl Dickason]

It only becomes an issue if you are using equipment that does something 
non-standard  like running power on one of the extra pairs.I would 
connect them straight through on the off chance that I might need those 
conductors for something like that down the line. 
Carl Dickason

Bexley Hall wrote:
> The question becomes what to do with the other
> 4 conductors in the "widget".  I suppose to
> truly mimic a crossover cable, they should be
> present and run "straight through" -- is this,
> in fact, how "real" crossover cables are wired?
> Or, do vendors skimp and simply *omit* these
> extra conductors to save a few millipennies?
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