Xbox System Link Question (1 Viewer)

[TomK]

Pardon my ignorance but I'm new to gaming consoles. When I hook up two Xboxes via a system link cable do I have to have two copies of the game (Halo), one in each Xbox?

Thanks,
Tom

 

[Joel Mack]

Yes

 

[Mark Dubbelboer]

is the system link just a normal CAT5 cable? or are my eyes deceiving me...?

 

[Joel Mack]

It's a crossover cable, but yeah, CAT5.

 

[Mark Dubbelboer]

um...what's a crossover cable?
as in can i just use a normal cat5 or do i need to buy their special one?

 

[Joel Mack]

You don't need to neccessarily buy their special cable (although I don't know how it compares price-wise to a standard crossover cable).

Crossover cables look like regular CAT5 cables, but the Transmit and Receive pins on each end are reversed (ie. so the Send pin on one end = the Receive pin on the other end, and vice versa). I believe you can score one at Best Buy or CompUSAnus.

Normal cables are what's called "straight through" and are used for connecting to hubs/routers/switches/etc...