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Originally posted by MattyRid
not sure how but I do remember a friend once saying that some ethernet adapters/cards are auto-switching. How true that is I'm not 100% sure.
Most ethernet products less than 2-3 years old have the auto-MDI/MDIX feature.
When in doubt, just try it and see if you get link lights. Only one end of the connection needs to be autoswitching to sort things out, so chances of the wrong type of cable working are actually very good these days.
