I found this article on the web and thought it would be cool to try.
I have tried it myself and can safely tell that it works properly.
But why will any one make a cross (ethernet) cable out of a straight one when one can easily get it for a few bucks.
Well things so often happen that they are not readily available when you need them the most 
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This article taken from site LINK (Author: MtaraM)
It describes how to create a cross ethernet cable from a straight cable.
Todays computers are smart enough to detect if you have a cross or a straight ethernet cable.
You will most likely run into these kind of problems if you have one of those old laptops.
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HACK ATTACK [Convert a straight lan cable to patch in 2 minutes]
This about making a patch or cross over cable if u have many straight spare ones lying around as was the case with me. I needed a patch cable to network my pc and notebook but had left my patch cable at one of my friends. This is a simple 2 minute hack which would allow you to convert a straight cable to patch.
Requirements:-
Straight LAN cable [the ones that connect routers and modems to your computer]
A pair of scissors or a Wire stipper [ I would recommend good ones becuse we wud be cutting wires]
Tape [ you might want to cover up the lose ends and exposed wires ]
Cut the cable from the middle. We only need 4 wires the orange pair and green pair.
strip the wire pairs about 1 cm
connect the solid green to solid orange and connect the stipped green to stripped orange and u are done.
This wont take u more than 5 minutes even if you are a noob.
Now use tape if u want. I left mine as such.
Connect the two computers using this wire.
Goto network connections and select appropriate network adapter then goto its properties and then select tcp/ip and assign an ip address in range 192.168.1.x
where x is any number between 1 and 255
do the same with other computer too but this time choose some other value for x.
Now we need to set up out computer for p2p networking.
We need to follow this on both computers.
In network connections left side pane click set up small home or office network then next just select the third option in the lists and keep going nexting. [sorry for very crude instructions no time.... wiring from college lab ] will edit it to add more detail once i have time…
Restart both the computers and Ping if u get a reply u are doneand congratz to u.
If not trouble shoot just google it or mail me. I wud be glad to help
(Author: MtaraM)
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