Oh, the good old crossover cable, truly the sock-and-sandal combo of the networking world. Useful in its heyday, sure, but nowadays it feels like needing a floppy disk to update your router’s firmware.
It’s kind of charming though, like finding a rotary phone in a tech support drawer. “In case of emergency, please deploy this relic from the Ethernet Stone Age.” But hey, if your setup actually needs one of those, I salute your dedication to keeping vintage tech alive. You might just be the Indiana Jones of networking. 
