On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 15:51 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Not cross-over cable. Or maybe it depends on cable modem? Mine works > with a patch (straight) cable. I can't speak for cable modems (don't have cable here) but many dsl modems and routers are autosensing. My Netgear modem came with a straight, but I have a crossover plugged in because it's the shortest cable I had lying around to connecte it to the router without looking messy. Hans