Originally posted by Sowulo:
1) Yes, why should your home be any different than work?

2) Yes, but without a hub it needs to be a crossover rather than a straight-thru.
How would I go about making a crossover cable? Would I have to just make the cable like, pin1-orange thru like pin8-blue then on the other end make pin1-blue and pin8-orange? Just reverse the way I install the cable into the ends? Or just make them the same?