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I'm pretty sure you have to cross the blue and brown wires too.
Orange white Orange Green white Blue Blue white Green Brown white Brown
Is etched in my memory. Swap oranges and greens to go between style A and B, do it on one end for a crossover.
^ This. There are A and B standards, and each standard has its own crossover. But there is also a crossover between A and B standards, which is typically what is used when referring to crossover cables.
In other words:
Not A-to-A xover
Not B-to-B xover
xover A-to-B