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Originally Posted by frogstamper

While we are on this subject Halcyon, I noticed on the link different kinds of ethernet cable, eg crossover, network can you put my non techie mind at rest and tell me which is the one like the blue cable VM give us, thanks.

Straight(not crossover)in my case.I have had a modem from the beginning. I have heard, but don't know if it's true that if your initial installation was a set-top box, the cable to the computer is a crossover(also blue).