Straightthrough Or Crossover Cabling, Which Should I Use Please?

Guys,
please i want to link a switch to a switch on a lan some distance apart. its being working that way before not until somebody mistakenly cut d wire with a lorry, and after replacement it doesnt work anymore.
So to connect switch to switch is it crossover or straightthrough cabling method? and what could be the reason its not connected?
please help
thnx

Possible reasons why the replacement cable may not work: > sub-standard cable (there are too many 'fake' ethernet cables in the market these days > bad crimping (you can verify if the cable is well crimped using a lan tester, in the absence of which u may physically examine and ensure that the right cable colour at one RJ45 end matches the other for straight - through cable, check u have a rollover of what you have at one RJ45 end at the other end, if rollover cable is used.

Most modern switch support autosensing technology i.e. the switch will automatically detect the type of cabling used either straight-through or rolled over and operate accordingly.  If your switch doesn't support autosensing then use rolled over cabling.

Hi,
if you are connecting from a switch to the uplink of another switch, you use a straight cable but if you are connecting from a switch port to another switch port, you use a crossed cable. Dont forget the config of cross cables (1-3, 2-6). For the cable request the use of a cat 5 out door ethernet cable. This one has a stronger shield on it to prevent interferance which is usually the major cause of loss of connectivity. Now adays, with the fake technlogy in town, ethernet cables standard is no longer 100 meters, infact sometimes, far less than 50m.

What distance is involved in here, especially if it was great enough to span the path usually taken by vehicles. If it is more than 100m, then your normal Cat 5, 5e, 6 UTP won't work and not advised. Don't have much to say beyond what has already been contributed, only got interested in the 'distance' you mentioned. Regards

If the 2 switches are going to be on the same LAN use a straight cable it will work very well; mind you the length of the cable matters o, it should not exceed 100m.

With the poor quality of cables in the market today, like i said earlier, It would be difficult for you to cover a 97m distance with cables. He might not have a choice but to go for wireless. Wireless would even prevent a hight vehicle from cutting the wires a second time. Go for wireless my brother, if u can afford it.