: Why can’t we connect two computers directly using an Ethernet cable ?
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You can. Obviously you can’t connect to the internet that way, so it has a limited use. But for example for gaming this is still quite common. That’s what people are doing at a lan party, everybody connects their pc to each other and everybody can play together, even without any connection to the internet.
You can by using a crossover cable instead of a traditional straight through.
A crossover cable has the green and orange pairs wired opposite at the other end.
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