Shokushu
Maybe I misread but I could swear that you said the ethernet cable fit into the phone jack slot...
And what exactly is the difference between an ethernet cable and a crossover cable? (I'm really literate with popular software but not so much with hardware.)
No, I said it fits in the same slot as the one that goes to the modem. A crossover cable is almost identical to an Ethernet cable. The biggest difference.... Really, the only difference.... Is that there are 8 different coloured wires in either of them. (blue, blue/white, green, green/white, brown, brown/white, orange, orange/white) In an ethernet or straight through, the wires are in the same order on both ends. On the crossover, four of the wires, two of the coloured pairs, are switched. And they do nothing anyways.... So it's like...
-----------------------------Straight Through/Ethernet Wire
W
hite
/gree
n ---------------------------------------------------- W
hite
/gree
nGreen------------------------------------------------------------
GreenW
hite
/Oran
ge---------------------------------------------------W
hite
/Oran
geBlue---------------------------------------------------------------
BlueW
hite
/blue-------------------------------------------------------W
hite
/blue
Orange-----------------------------------------------------------
OrangeW
hite
/Brown-----------------------------------------------------W
hite
/Brown
Brown------------------------------------------------------------
Brown-----------------------------Crossover Wire
W
hite
/gree
n ---------------------------------------------------- W
hite
/Oran
geGreen------------------------------------------------------------
OrangeW
hite
/Oran
ge---------------------------------------------------W
hite
/gree
nBlue---------------------------------------------------------------
BlueW
hite
/blue-------------------------------------------------------W
hite
/blue
Orange-----------------------------------------------------------
GreenW
hite
/Brown-----------------------------------------------------W
hite
/Brown
Brown------------------------------------------------------------
BrownIf you don't understand that, just accept that it's pretty well nothing. It's just coloured wires.