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[Ecrofirt]

Right now, I've got two PCs and an Xbox hooked up to my router via cross-over cables, and they're all working like a charm.

Another plus is that I can directly connect two PCs with a cross-over cable.

Is there something I'm missing, or is there no reason for regular LAN cables?

 

[SKluck]

Um...

If it works, don't fuck with it.

You're sure they are crossover? That is weird.

 

[Ecrofirt]

positive they're crossover cables.

 

[Seth C]

Some routers have the ability to "auto cross-over" in the event that you'd like to use a cross-over cable as a regular straight through. That's what your router is doing.

 

[The Shadow]

AFAIK, there's no advantage to one or the other. A cable is a cable to a router with auto-sensing ports.

 

[ChrisReid]

Yeah, you just have a very nice router.. it's not the cables.

 

[maharg]

All there is to a crossover cable is that the in and out lines are swapped to emulate the way things work with a hub in the middle, there's no other difference.

 

[Gattsu25]

CAT-5 cables

LAN cables can even be coax depending on how archaic you want to be