I literally had to cross over the cable once. It was some sort of demo and the cross over cable was missing. The local computer stores didn’t have one and under

I literally had to cross over the cable once. It was some sort of demo and the cross over cable was missing. The local computer stores didn’t have one and under the time pressure … I have used the pocket knife and convert the cable. It was before 2000 so the speed was limited to 10/100 Mbit - ifconfig did’t report errors and demo went smooth.