I was reading that in the Cabletron manual about it 'fixing' an incorrectly wired cable. And thought, maybe it is a cross-over cable and I didn't know it. It wasn't though. Just not wired correctly. I didn't make the cable.

The Cabletron manual also states that you shouldn't use and incorrectly wired cable for extended time frame. My question is how would I ever know its bad if it works?

And yes I cut the cable up.