Just buy the Xbox cable, they aren't that expensive
What? Are you on crack? A system link cable is £19.99 in the UK, while you can pick up 5m of crossover cable for about £7.
you must use a crossover cable. This is becasue a crossover cable costs more, even though the price to make it is exactly the same. Two wires are just crossed.
The reason you need a crossover cable isn't because they cost more - it's because you need a crossover cable whenever you link two computers straight together. And it's not two wires crossed - it's EVERY wire.
but if you plan to link up more than 2 at any point in time, buy a link kit. That's a hub and four ethernet cables. you can buy the part separately but it will cost more.
For this, you need a cheap hub (or switch, if you want more bandwidth for each Xbox) and patch, as opposed to crossover, cables.
[Edited on 5/27/2004 5:16:20 AM]