Question about crossover cable

[Joshcanread]

I am going to get a powerline adapter to use for my pc and I only have a crossover cable and a straight-through cable. Could I connect the straight cable to the router to the powerline adapter and the crossover cable from the powerline to the pc?

 

 

(very hastily made diagram)

[Lurick]

Yah, that shouldn't be an issue

[BloodKnight7]

5 hours ago, Lurick said:

Yah, that shouldn't be an issue

The reason is that modern network hardware has "auto-sense" ports which make crossover cables purpose basically useless.... 

 

Autosense can automatically detect a current condition in several ways:
-Automatic MDI/MDI-X: Detects whether a crossover cable is needed in gigabit Ethernet
-Media Sensing: A feature found in a printer that detects paper size and type of paper and determines whether there is a connection to the network
-Auto Negotiate or NWay: Recognizes settings such as line speed in Ethernet 10/100 cards and adjusts them appropriately
-Medium Dependent Interface (MDI) port: Used to connect to other switches or hubs without requiring a crossover cable