On Jun 27, 2005, at 07:54, Alex Hurst wrote: > Can someone just remind me what type of Ethernet cable I should use to > connect my Macs to a Netgear hub? The NetGear hub install docs should specify that. In all likelihood, you require straight-through ("standard") Cat 5 Ethernet cables. See <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106655> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106654> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106658> > is it permitted to hot-plug Ethernet connections? In your case, yes. In others (NAS), maybe. <0x0192>