Will it work?

[WhitehawkEQ]

Here is something to think about, if I take the 1st pair of wires on a ethernet cable and swap pins 1 and 2 on 1 end and wire the other end normally will it work? (see pic)
As you can see, I have the orange wire on pin 1 on the connector on the right and orange/white on pin 2, it will fail the cable tester but will it work anyway?

 

[JLK03F150]

That's a cross-over cable, correct? I think that will let you connect two PCs without a switch.

 

[WhitehawkEQ]

That's a cross-over cable, correct? I think that will let you connect two PCs without a switch.

Nope, a crossover is where you use 568A and 568B, both connectors in the pic is 568B with 1 change to the orange pair.
This

is the wiring for crossover.

 

[don256us]

I spoke to Whitehawk on the phone yesterday so I am no longer allowed to post a guess.

 

[torin3]

Edit, nevermind, I mis-read what you were asking, as I have a migrane and can't focus that well right now.