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OT: the pain with crosslink cables



I have one of those D-Link USB network interfaces, which are
wonderful. Plug it in, get a regular 10/100 Ethernet interface,
supported by Linux and working just fine. However, right now I am in
dire need to establish a link between two machines, and my beloved
ethernet cable will, of course, not do the trick, and a hub is
nowhere to be found. I used to have a crosslink cable too, but those
things tend to grow legs very quickly, and all of the ones I've ever
had always did.

What I really want is a USB-attachable network interface that has
a crosslink/normal switch, or automatically tries one after the
other to find a link. Do you know if such a device exists?

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