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EwJ:
I have always had good luck with Linksys devices (using Linksys router and switch right now).
Been mixed results with other -  D-Link, Netgear, etc

zvar:
Another thing you need to be aware of.  Make sure the switch will auto-sense a crossover mode.  If it does not, then you will need a crossover patch cable, instead of a regular patch cable to connect the two devices.

Most devices do auto-sense, but this (2007) holiday season I got a Belkin wireless router and D-link gigabit 5 port switch and one of the two, or both did not auto-sense.

Steven

Ed_McCarron:
I always wondered about something.  If you connect two autosense ports together, how do they know which one to start with?

Samstag:
They should assume straight-through wiring and go with that.

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