Andrew, you do not need to use cross over cabling for a Network switch. The switch handles the cross over for you.
I run 30m of Cat5 to ob's and then connect to switch, and then plug my 2 Ob's PC's into it.
The other end of Cat5 plugs into my moden/router, so i can surf the net while looking at live image on other PC.
MSY at Elizabeth has Switches starting at $12. 10/100 switch.
Gotta love this tech.
Darrell
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