I think the later macs have auto sensing on their ethernet ports so that you don't need a crossover cable any more. I've used a straight patch cable between an iBook and a powerbook and it worked fine using DHCP.? Simon On Saturday, June 28, 2003, at 03:09 AM, Leif Joel Örell wrote: > I need to set up a temporary local network between my Cube and an iMac. > I want to use ethernet with a crossover cable since he iMac don't have > FireWire. > I know next to noting about networks. > How do I do it? > > Joel