Harvey,
I don't think so any longer. I only used Crossover cable years ago with
early switches to 'uplink' between two or more switches and/or
router(s). I believe that most of the current crop of switches all have
ports that are completely auto-ranging and internally figure out whether to
run a cable segment in 'crossover' mode or normal mode just based on
who/what that port talks to. I know that this is true with my current Dell
Gbit switches and DLink router. I only use normal CAT5E cables any more. I
have not used my lonely 'crossover' cable (orange) in years! LOL!
Best,
Duncan
At 13:49 11/19/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Does that need to be hooked to the router with a crossover cable?
> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:12:44 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [H] access point
>
> get 4-8 port gigabit switch and you'll be ready for any other
peripherals that may come down the road. No worries
>
> --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Harvey Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Harvey Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [H] access point
> To: "Alt Cpu" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 4:24 PM
>
> Have a Linksys Wireless Router WRT 310 it has 4 wired ports. I use the
wireless
> part for my laptop and the 2 DVR are wireless.
>
> I have my wireless printer hooked up with a network cable as when I connect
> wireless it keeps dropping connection and I have to reinstall over and
over. I
> have 1 DVR wired in and my wife's work computer is wired. My network HDD
> that I use to back every thing up has the other port.
>
> So, all my ports are full. Just got a new Sony Blu Ray player. To use
the BD
> Live features I need to put it on the network.
>
> So, whats my best option in a Linksys access point? I assume that would
be the
> way to go. As I don't feel that the BD Live features are going to be a big
> deal for me, I think hooking it up wireless seems to be the way to go.
>
> So, if you have some ideas and a way I can do it inexpensively it would be
> appreciated.
>
> Harvey
>
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